Frederick Douglass: “Had he with all his men, as might have been the case, gone down in the…”

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Had he with all his men, as might have been the case, gone down in the shock of battle, the world would have had no true basis for its judgment, and one of the most heroic efforts ever witnessed in behalf of liberty would have been confounded with base and selfish purposes.

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Frederick Douglass

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Editor's note · Context

Douglass argues that had John Brown died in battle, his heroic efforts for liberty would have been misunderstood.

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Frederick Douglass: “Had he with all his men, as might have been the case, gone down in the shock of battle, the world would have had no true…”

Editor's note · Context