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Frederick Douglass: “If John Brown did not end the war that ended slavery, he did at least begin the war that ended slavery.”

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If John Brown did not end the war that ended slavery, he did at least begin the war that ended slavery.
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Frederick Douglass
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Douglass asserts that John Brown played a crucial role in igniting the conflict that ultimately led to the end of slavery.

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