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It requires the humanity of Christianity, the morality of the world to remove it.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It requires the humanity of Christianity, the morality of the world to remove it.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass insists that moral and religious principles are essential for the eradication of slavery.
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