On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
Speech after speech, pamphlet after pamphlet, editorial after editorial, sermon after sermon, soon lashed the conscientious Scotch people into a perfect furore.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Speech after speech, pamphlet after pamphlet, editorial after editorial, sermon after sermon, soon lashed the…”
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From his autobiography, describing the intense public debate and agitation in Scotland regarding the Free Church's ties to slaveholders.
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