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Frederick Douglass: I rest my denial not merely upon general principles but upon well-known facts.

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I rest my denial not merely upon general principles but upon well-known facts.
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Frederick Douglass

Editor's note · Context

Douglass asserts that his arguments are grounded in established facts rather than mere opinion.

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