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Slavery was the idol of Virginia, and pardon and life to Brown meant condemnation and death to slavery.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Slavery was the idol of Virginia, and pardon and life to Brown meant condemnation and death to slavery.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass emphasizes the conflict between John Brown's life and the institution of slavery in Virginia.
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