Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letter, U.S., let…

Frederick Douglass
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Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letter, U.S., let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pocket, there is no power on earth that can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship. ✨ Frederick Douglass (2000). Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings, p.536, Chicago Review Press
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