On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Could they know slavery as I knew it, they would hasten to the work of its extinction.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Could they know slavery as I knew it, they would hasten to the work of its extinction.”
Editor's note · Context
Expressing his conviction during his early anti-slavery efforts, Douglass states that direct knowledge of slavery would compel Americans to abolish it.
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