On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
But the question of slavery is too large a question to be finally disposed of, even by the Evangelical Alliance.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “But the question of slavery is too large a question to be finally disposed of, even by the Evangelical Alliance.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass asserts that the fundamental issue of slavery is too profound and widespread to be definitively resolved by any single religious or international body.
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