On the record
The policy that emancipated and armed the negro—now seen to have been wise and proper by the dullest—was not certainly more sternly demanded than is now the policy of enfranchisement.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
Douglass reflects on the wisdom of the policies that emancipated and armed the negro, advocating for enfranchisement as equally necessary.
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