Frederick Douglass: “It was not logic, but the trump of jubilee, which everybody wanted to…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

It was not logic, but the trump of jubilee, which everybody wanted to hear.

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Frederick Douglass

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Describing the public's anticipation for the Emancipation Proclamation, Douglass explains their desire for a definitive declaration of freedom.

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Frederick Douglass: “It was not logic, but the trump of jubilee, which everybody wanted to hear.”