On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
No word of retaliation when a black man is slain by a rebel in cold blood.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “No word of retaliation when a black man is slain by a rebel in cold blood.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass laments the lack of official response to the murder of Black soldiers during the Civil War.
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