Frederick Douglass: “To be the friend of the one, is of necessity to be the enemy of the…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1845

To be the friend of the one, is of necessity to be the enemy of the other.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass asserts the fundamental incompatibility between true Christianity and the corrupt, slaveholding practices prevalent in America.

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Frederick Douglass: “To be the friend of the one, is of necessity to be the enemy of the other.”