On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
They seemed about as unconcerned about our getting to heaven, as about our getting out of slavery.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “They seemed about as unconcerned about our getting to heaven, as about our getting out of slavery.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass reflects on the indifference of many religious leaders to the spiritual and temporal welfare of enslaved people.
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