Frederick Douglass: “The contest was now ended; the chain was severed; God and right stood…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

The contest was now ended; the chain was severed; God and right stood vindicated.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass declares in his autobiography the triumphant resolution of his internal struggle and the vindication of justice upon achieving freedom.

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Frederick Douglass: “The contest was now ended; the chain was severed; God and right stood vindicated.”