
En aquella época el partido demócrata era el que luchaba por el mantenimiento de la esclvitud, y su mayoría de votos provenía de los estados esclavistas del sur de Estados Unidos.
Original: «I knew that however bad the Republican party was, the Democratic party was much worse. The elements of which the Republican party was composed gave better ground for the ultimate hope of the success of the colored man's cause than those of the Democratic party».
Fuente: The Frederick Douglass Papers: Autobiographical Writings, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. Editor Jesse S. Crisler. Editorial Yale University Press, 2012. ISBN 9780300176346. p. 408.