On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
But now the children of those who had committed these outrages and follies, were applauding the very principles which their fathers had condemned.
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Frederick Douglass
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Reflecting on a public reception, Douglass observes how a new generation embraced principles their parents once opposed.
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