On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
The northern people have been long connected with slavery; they have been linked to a decaying corpse, which has destroyed the moral health.
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Frederick Douglass
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Douglass uses a powerful metaphor to describe how the North's long association with slavery has morally corrupted its people.
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