This controversy with the Alliance might be made the subject of extended remark, but I must forbear, except to say, that this effort to shield the Christian character of slaveholders greatly served to open a way to the British ear for anti-slavery discussion, and that it was well improved.
Douglass reflects that the controversy surrounding the Evangelical Alliance's stance on slaveholders inadvertently created a significant opportunity for anti-slavery advocacy in Britain.
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