Frederick Douglass: “Its fall would be a blow to freedom and progress throughout the world.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

Its fall would be a blow to freedom and progress throughout the world.

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Frederick Douglass

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From his autobiography, Douglass warns that the collapse of the national capital would have dire consequences for global freedom and progress.

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