Frederick Douglass: “The manner of applying them is the point of difference.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

The manner of applying them is the point of difference.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass concludes that the true point of contention between abolitionists and their adversaries lies in how shared principles are put into practice.

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