Hence with every reverse to the national arms, with every exulting shout of victory raised by the slaveholding rebels, I have implored the imperiled nation to unchain against her foes, her powerful black hand.
Douglass recounts his consistent appeals to the Union to enlist Black soldiers, especially in response to Confederate victories.
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