# @vitalik.eth: America's True Mission vs. Today's Racist Immigration Lies

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Submitted by misha on 2025-09-20 UTC, 1 upvote, 1 comment

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**misha**: AI’ed w/ Kagi Ki so you don’t have to ;)

This writing is from Frederick Douglass's famous "Our Composite Nationality" speech, delivered during his lyceum tour in the winter of 1869-1870.

https://drt.cmc.edu/2020/07/12/frederick-douglass-on-our-composite-nation/

Douglass was making a progressive, pro-immigration argument against the restrictionist policies of his era, much like contemporary debates over immigration policy.