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Frederick Douglass: It can call its preachers from among the fishermen, and raise them to power.

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
It can call its preachers from among the fishermen, and raise them to power.
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Frederick Douglass

Editor's note · Context

Douglass illustrates the inherent power of the anti-slavery cause to empower ordinary individuals to become its advocates.

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