On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Anti-slavery thus far had only been sheet lightning; the Buffalo convention sought to make it a thunderbolt.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Anti-slavery thus far had only been sheet lightning; the Buffalo convention sought to make it a thunderbolt.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass uses a metaphor to describe how the Free-Soil Convention transformed the anti-slavery movement from a diffuse sentiment into a focused political force.
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