Frederick Douglass: “The downward tendency, already manifest, has swept away some of the…”

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The downward tendency, already manifest, has swept away some of the most important safeguards of justice and liberty.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass highlights the erosion of justice and liberty in the face of societal regression.

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