Frederick Douglass: “It had not been a war of conquest, but rather a war of conciliation.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

It had not been a war of conquest, but rather a war of conciliation.

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Frederick Douglass

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From his autobiography, reflecting on the early phase of the Civil War and the Union's initial approach to the conflict.

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