Frederick Douglass: “Resistance to slavery and the extension of slavery invited and…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

Resistance to slavery and the extension of slavery invited and provoked secession and war to perpetuate and extend the slave system.

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Frederick Douglass

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In his autobiography, Douglass analyzes the historical forces that led to the Civil War, linking resistance to slavery with the South's reaction.

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