Frederick Douglass: “Slavery would then have been nationalized, and the whole country would…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

Slavery would then have been nationalized, and the whole country would then have been subjected to its power.

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Frederick Douglass

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From his autobiography, Douglass reflects on the potential consequences if slavery had been allowed to spread unchecked across the nation.

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Frederick Douglass: “Slavery would then have been nationalized, and the whole country would then have been subjected to its power.”