Frederick Douglass posed this answer to the question of the day when both the North and the South in 1862 were concerned what would happen if the slaves were free. What a shame the writings of this great man are not taught in school today. There is a lesson to be learned here for every Liberal, Progressive, Democrat that is so concerned the Black man just can’t get along without them. Fredrick Douglass had the answer.
Fredrick Douglass said “Our answer is, do nothing with them; mind your business, and let them mind theirs. Your doing with them is their greatest misfortune. They have been undone by your doings, and all they now ask, and really have need of at your hands, is just to let them alone. They suffer by ever interference, and succeed best by being let alone. “
If you want to read the whole text of what he said, you should read here: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/what-shall-be-done-with-the-slaves-if-emancipated/
