On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
Yet this is but a glance at the American slave trade, as it exists at this moment, in the ruling part of the United States.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
Douglass concludes his description of slave auctions by asserting the pervasive reality of the American slave trade.
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