The friends of freedom in England saw in the negro a man, a moral and responsible being.
Frederick Douglass: “The friends of freedom in England saw in the negro a man, a moral and responsible being.”
On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
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Frederick Douglass
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Douglass notes that English abolitionists recognized the inherent humanity and moral agency of Black individuals.
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