England is often charged with having established slavery in the United States, and if there were no other justification than this, for appealing to her people to lend their moral aid for the abolition of slavery, I should be justified.
Douglass argues that England's historical role in establishing slavery in the U.S. justifies his appeal for support against it.
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It was in the air, and men breathed it and were permeated by it, often when they were quite unconscious of its presence.
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