On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
I readily saw that this plan could be made very effective in rendering slave property in Maryland and Virginia valueless by rendering it insecure.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “I readily saw that this plan could be made very effective in rendering slave property in Maryland and Virginia valueless…”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass describes his understanding of how John Brown's plan could undermine the institution of slavery.
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