No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at la…

Frederick Douglass
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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck. ✨ Speech at Civil Rights Mass Meeting,Washington, D.C., 22 Oct. 1883
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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck. ✨ Speech at Civil Rights Mass Meeting,Washington, D.C., 22 Oct. 1883

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