On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Lead and steel were the only arguments that they were capable of appreciating, as the events of the subsequent years have proved.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Lead and steel were the only arguments that they were capable of appreciating, as the events of the subsequent years…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass asserts that the only forms of persuasion understood by his oppressors were violence and force, a truth confirmed by later historical events.
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