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Perhaps a better idea could be formed of what has been done for Washington and for us by imagining what would be the case in a return to the old condition of things.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
Douglass invites the audience to consider the consequences of reverting to slavery in Washington, D.C.
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