He was ready and willing at any time during the first years of his administration to deny, postpone, and sacrifice the rights of humanity in the colored people to promote the welfare of the white people of this country.
In his speech at the dedication of the Freedmen's Memorial Monument to Abraham Lincoln, Douglass critiques Lincoln's early policies regarding the rights of African Americans.
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