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Frederick Douglass: I answer in turn, how can you, how can any man with a heart in his breast do otherwise when, louder than the blood of…

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I answer in turn, how can you, how can any man with a heart in his breast do otherwise when, louder than the blood of Abel, the blood of his fellow-men cries from the ground?
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Frederick Douglass

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He passionately argues that one cannot remain silent when witnessing the suffering of others, invoking a moral imperative.

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