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If it brought freedom to us, it brought peace and safety to them, and hence they may well enough unite in this and similar celebrations, and regard the day as theirs as well as ours.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “If it brought freedom to us, it brought peace and safety to them, and hence they may well enough unite in this and…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass asserts that emancipation brought benefits to both freed individuals and their former oppressors, advocating for unity in celebration.
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