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Thus, with all its faults, we are compelled to give the pulpit the credit of furnishing the first important argument in favour of the religious character and manhood rights of the Negro.
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Frederick Douglass
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Douglass credits the pulpit for initiating important discussions about the rights and humanity of the Negro.
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