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Jen
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“…I had a strong feeling that what our people most needed was to get a foundation in education, industry, and property…”
So true, but for ALL people today this is necessary.
— Sep 04, 2026 10:24PM
So true, but for ALL people today this is necessary.
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Jen
is 48% done
My experience is that there is something in human nature which always makes an individual recognize and reward merit, no matter under what colour of skin merit is found. I have found, too, that it is the visible,
the tangible, that goes a long ways in softening prejudices.
— 2 hours, 53 min ago
the tangible, that goes a long ways in softening prejudices.
Jen
is on page 165 of 224
“They cannot degrade Frederick Douglass. The soul that is within me no man can degrade. I am not the one that is being degraded on account of this treatment, but those who are inflicting it upon me."
— Sep 14, 2026 03:20AM
Jen
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I have been stuck on this page for weeks because the quotes I have highlighted are so powerful and true I don’t want to read past them.
— Apr 13, 2026 03:01AM