“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”
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West India Emancipation Speech, Canandaigua New York, 1857 View source →
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About Frederick Douglass
Abolitionist, writer, and statesman who escaped slavery to become one of America's greatest orators.
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This quote speaks to the pillar of Identity — the clarity to know who you are, where you come from, and what you stand for. Self-knowledge has long been a form of resistance and a foundation for liberation.
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