Frederick Douglass: “The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced.

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Frederick Douglass

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Editor's note · Context

Douglass outlines the profound moral and social transformations necessary to confront the nation's complicity in slavery.

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Frederick Douglass: “The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation…”

Editor's note · Context