On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Our faith in him was often taxed and strained to the uttermost, but it never failed.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Our faith in him was often taxed and strained to the uttermost, but it never failed.”
Editor's note · Context
In his speech at the dedication of the Freedmen's Memorial Monument to Abraham Lincoln, Douglass affirms that African Americans' faith in Lincoln, though tested, remained unbroken.
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