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Frederick Douglass: No truth taught by our national history is more evident than this, that while slavery dominated the southern half of the…

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No truth taught by our national history is more evident than this, that while slavery dominated the southern half of the Republic, and free institutions prevailed in the northern half, peace and harmony between the two sections were utterly and forever impossible.
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Frederick Douglass

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He states that the existence of slavery made peace between the North and South impossible, highlighting the deep divisions in the nation.

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