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Frederick Douglass: “A slaveholder’s profession of Christianity is a palpable imposture.”

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A slaveholder’s profession of Christianity is a palpable imposture.
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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass condemns the false Christian identity of slaveholders, calling it a deception.

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