Frederick Douglass: “They seemed almost as unconcerned about our getting to heaven, as they…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

They seemed almost as unconcerned about our getting to heaven, as they were about our getting out of slavery.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass observes the indifference of many religious figures to the spiritual and physical freedom of enslaved people.

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Frederick Douglass: “They seemed almost as unconcerned about our getting to heaven, as they were about our getting out of slavery.”