William Wells Brown in an address at the American Anti-Slavery Society in May 1860, New York. Anti-Slavery Standard, May 26, 1860
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History has thrown the colored man out. You look in vain to Bancroft and other historians for justice to the colored. The historian passes it by.
— Black people
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "History has thrown the colored man out. You look in vain to Bancroft and other historians for justice to the colored. The historian passes it by." in the context of "William Wells Brown in an address at the American Anti-Slavery Society in May 1860, New York. Anti-Slavery Standard, May 26, 1860" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Black people
Black people usually refers to people of relatively recent African descent (see African diaspora), although other usages extend the term to any of the populations characterized by having a dark skin color, a definition that also includes certain populations in Oceania and Southwest Asia.
About Black people
Black people usually refers to people of relatively recent African descent (see African diaspora), although other usages extend the term to any of the populations characterized by having a dark skin color, a definition that also includes certain populations in Oceania and Southwest Asia.
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