Frederick Douglass: “Only a moderate share of sagacity was needed to see that the arm of…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

Only a moderate share of sagacity was needed to see that the arm of the slave was the best defense against the arm of the slaveholder.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass asserts that it was evident that enslaved people themselves were the most effective force against the slaveholding Confederacy.

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