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Frederick Douglass: The stern logic of events, which goes directly to the point, disdaining all concern for the color or features of men…

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The stern logic of events, which goes directly to the point, disdaining all concern for the color or features of men, has determined the interests of the country as identical with and inseparable from those of the negro.
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Frederick Douglass

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He asserts that the interests of the country are intertwined with those of the negro, regardless of race.

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