Frederick Douglass: “John Brown was therefore the logical result of slaveholding…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

John Brown was therefore the logical result of slaveholding persecutions.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass asserts that John Brown's emergence and actions were a direct and logical consequence of the persecutions inflicted by slaveholders.

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Frederick Douglass: “John Brown was therefore the logical result of slaveholding persecutions.”