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