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The time for compromises was gone--the armed hosts of freedom stood face to face over the chasm of a broken Union--and the clash of arms was at hand.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
Douglass emphasizes the urgency of the moment when armed conflict became inevitable in the fight for freedom.
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