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Frederick Douglass: The apologists for slavery often speak of the abuses of slavery; and they tell us that they are as much opposed to those…

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The apologists for slavery often speak of the abuses of slavery; and they tell us that they are as much opposed to those abuses as we are; and that they would go as far to correct those abuses and to ameliorate the condition of the slave as anybody.
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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass critiques the hypocrisy of those who claim to oppose slavery while still supporting its existence.

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