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"here i draw my wages every Saturday night; but in Tennessee there was never any pay day for the Negroes any more than for the horses and cows."

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"What I ask for the negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice"

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fREDERICK dOUGLASS AND HIS QUOTES

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Let him alone! If you see him on his way to school, let him alone, don't disturb him! If you see him going to dinner- table at a hotel, let him go! If you see him going to the ballot-box, let him alone, don't disturb him!- Frederick Douglass

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"We trust the good Maker has opened your eyes to the wrongs which you and your fathers have done to me and my fathers, in making us toil for you for generations without recompense."

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They go down to Sunday school Mandy attended regularly. We are kindly treated. Sometimes we overhear others say, "them colored people were slaves down in Tennessee."

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"I get $25 a month, with victuals and clothing; have a comfortable home for Mandy, and the children, Milly, Jane,  and Grundy, go to school and learning well."

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As to my freedom, which you say I can have, there is nothing to be gained on that score, as I got my free papers in 1864 from the provost-Marshal- general of the department of Nashville.
...This will make us forget and forgive old scores, and rely on your justice and friendship in the future

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We trust the good maker has opened your eyes to the wrong which you and your fathers have done to me and my family, in making us toil do you for generations without recompense

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"We trust the good Maker has opened your eyes to the wrongs which you and your fathers have done to me and my fathers, in making us toil for you for generations without recompense."

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"if you fail to pay us for faithful labors in the past, we can have little faith in your promises in the future"

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As to my freedom, which you say I can have, there is nothing to be gained on that score, as I got my free papers in 1864 from the Provost-Marshal-General of the department of Nashville.

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"We are kindly treated. Sometimes we overhear others saying "them colored people were slaves" down in Tennessee. The children feel hurt when they hear such remarks; but i tell them it was no disgrace in Tennessee to belong to Colonel Anderson."

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They go to Sunday school, and Mandy and me attend church regularly. We are kindly treated. Sometimes we overhear others saying, "them color people were slaves" down in Tennessee.

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"The great desire of my life now is to give my children an education, and have them form virtuous habits."

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"I get $25 a month, with victuals and clothing; have a comfortable home for Mandy (the folks call her Mrs. Anderson), and the children, Milly, Jane, and Grundy. go to school and are learning well."

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"...there is nothing to be gained on that score, as I got my free papers in 1864 from the Provost-Marshal-General of the Department of Nashville."