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excerpt from \what the black man wants\ by frederick douglass delivered 1865 before the annual meeting of the massachusetts anti - slavery society, boston, ma i do not know from what has been said that there is any difference of opinion as to the duty of abolitionists, at the present moment. how can we get up any difference at this point, or any point, where we are so united, so agreed? i went especially, however, with that word of mr. phillips, which is the criticism of gen. banks and gen. banks policy. i hold that that policy is our chief danger at the present moment; that it practically enslaves the negro, and makes the proclamation (the emancipation proclamation) of 1863 a mockery and delusion. what is freedom? it is the right to choose ones own employment. certainly it means that, if it means anything, and when any individual or combination of individuals undertakes to decide for any man when he shall work, where he shall work, at what he shall work, and for what he shall work, he or they practically reduce him to slavery. applause he is a slave. that i understand gen. banks to do - to determine for the so - called freedman, when, and where and at what, and for how much he shall work, when he shall be punished, and by whom punished. it is absolute slavery. it defeats the beneficent intention of the government, if it has beneficent intentions, in regards to the freedom of our people. read the excerpt from \what the black man wants\. i am for the \immediate, unconditional, and universal\ enfranchisement of the black man, in every state in the union. loud applause without this, his liberty is a mockery, without this, you might as well almost retain the old name of slavery for his condition, for in fact, if he is not the slave of the individual master, he is the slave of society, and holds his liberty as a privilege, not as a right. he is at the mercy of the mob, and has no means of protecting himself. how does the repetition of the phrase \without this\ support the paragraphs argument? it proposes that slavery will not be abolished in the us without the support of all citizens. it suggests that a free society is possible, with or without equal rights for all people. it indicates that douglass would be content without material possessions or status. it reinforces the idea that without equality in the us, the idea of a free society is a joke.

Explanation:

La repetición de "without this" enfatiza que sin la inmediata, incondicional y universal concesión del derecho al voto al hombre negro, su libertad es un engaño y la sociedad libre no es posible. Destaca la importancia crucial de los derechos iguales para un verdadero estado libre.

Answer:

It reinforces the idea that without equality in the US, the idea of a free society is a joke.