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Frederick Douglass: Human liberty excludes all idea of home and abroad.

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Human liberty excludes all idea of home and abroad.
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Frederick Douglass

Editor's note · Context

From a speech celebrating West India Emancipation, Douglass asserts the universal scope of human liberty.

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