Frederick Douglass: “They had settled the question that slavery was right, and by that…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

They had settled the question that slavery was right, and by that standard they determined that Sabbath-schools were wrong.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass explains how slaveholders, having accepted slavery as right, consistently concluded that slave education was wrong and acted accordingly.

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Frederick Douglass: “They had settled the question that slavery was right, and by that standard they determined that Sabbath-schools were…”