On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
They seemed almost as unconcerned about our getting to heaven, as they were about our getting out of slavery.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “They seemed almost as unconcerned about our getting to heaven, as they were about our getting out of slavery.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass observes the indifference of many religious figures to the spiritual and physical freedom of enslaved people.
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