Frederick Douglass: “Nobody could then see that in the short space of four years this power…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

Nobody could then see that in the short space of four years this power would be broken and the slave system destroyed.

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Frederick Douglass

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Reflecting on the perceived strength of slavery before the Civil War, Douglass notes the unforeseen swiftness of its destruction within a few years.

Frederick Douglass: “Nobody could then see that in the short space of four years this power would be broken and the slave system destroyed.”