On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
A war undertaken and brazenly carried on for the perpetual enslavement of colored men, calls logically and loudly for colored men to help suppress it.
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Frederick Douglass
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Douglass argues that a war fought to perpetuate slavery logically demands the participation of Black men in its suppression.
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