On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
I was not satisfied with this theory, which made God responsible for slavery, for it pained me greatly, and I have wept over it long and often.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “I was not satisfied with this theory, which made God responsible for slavery, for it pained me greatly, and I have wept…”
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Douglass explains his early rejection of the idea that God ordained slavery, finding it morally repugnant and personally distressing.
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