On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
The Free Church held on to the blood-stained money, and continued to justify itself in its position—and of course to apologize for slavery—and does so till this day.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The Free Church held on to the blood-stained money, and continued to justify itself in its position—and of course to…”
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Douglass condemns the Free Church of Scotland for retaining funds from slaveholders and thereby implicitly condoning slavery.
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