He has been the prey—the common prey—of Christendom for the last three hundred years, and it is but right, it is but just, it is but proper, that his wrongs should be known throughout the world.
Douglass argues that the historical oppression of enslaved people by Christian nations necessitates global awareness and condemnation of their injustices.
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