Frederick Douglass: “We stand to-day at the beginning of a grand and beneficent reaction.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

We stand to-day at the beginning of a grand and beneficent reaction.

Said by

Frederick Douglass

Source

From his autobiography, expressing optimism about the future direction of the nation, on the potential for positive social change.

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