Not in Position to Give Up the Chase
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
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Born into slavery in Maryland, Frederick Douglass became an advocate for the equality of rights for all people. If there is no struggle, there is no progress.––Frederick Douglass, August 3, 1857
This primary source comes from the Collection FL: Frank W. Legg Photographic Collection of Portraits of Nineteenth-Century Notables.
National Archives Identifier: 558770
Full Citation: Frederick Douglass; ca. 1879; Collection FL: Frank W. Legg Photographic Collection of Portraits of Nineteenth-Century Notables,. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/frederick-douglass/, December 18, 2025]
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