On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
The question was not merely which class should prevail in Kansas, but whether free-state men should live there at all.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The question was not merely which class should prevail in Kansas, but whether free-state men should live there at all.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass clarifies the profound stakes of the conflict in Kansas, emphasizing that the struggle was for the very existence of free-state men, not just political dominance.
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