On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
Did they go up in the sky and learn it? or, did He come down and tell them so?
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Did they go up in the sky and learn it? or, did He come down and tell them so?”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass uses rhetorical questions to highlight the absurdity and lack of verifiable evidence for the religious justifications of slavery.
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