On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
A scream for vengeance came up from all sections of the slave States and from great multitudes in the North.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “A scream for vengeance came up from all sections of the slave States and from great multitudes in the North.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass describes the widespread demand for retribution that arose across the nation in response to John Brown's actions.
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