On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
For my own part, I took the proclamation, first and last, for a little more than it purported; and saw in its spirit, a life and power far beyond its letter.
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Frederick Douglass
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Douglass explains his personal interpretation of the Emancipation Proclamation, seeing its deeper moral and transformative potential beyond its explicit wording.
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