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Frederick Douglass: “It would have been rewarding its enemies, and punishing its friends--embracing its foes, and spurning its…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
It would have been rewarding its enemies, and punishing its friends--embracing its foes, and spurning its allies,--setting a premium on treason, and degrading loyalty.
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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass argues that denying suffrage to freedmen would be a betrayal of justice, rewarding those who opposed the Union and punishing its loyal supporters.

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