… Douglass’s arrogance and self-importance, but these same people probably did not blink to call themselves … 147 . [153] Foner, Frederick Douglass, 77. According to Benjamin Quarles, there were 17 “Negro newspapers” published … pledged, and editors rarely had any backup capital. See Benjamin Quarles, Black Abolitionists, 86-89. [154] Douglass, …