On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
The object of my labors in Great Britain was the concentration of the moral and religious sentiment of its people against American slavery.
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Frederick Douglass
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Douglass states the primary goal of his work in Great Britain was to rally public moral and religious opposition to American slavery.
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