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On such a system of fraud and wrong one might well invoke a bolt from heaven--red with uncommon wrath.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “On such a system of fraud and wrong one might well invoke a bolt from heaven--red with uncommon wrath.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass expresses the severity of the injustices faced by laborers, suggesting divine retribution for systemic fraud.
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