Frederick Douglass: “They based their arguments for emancipation, not upon grounds of…”

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They based their arguments for emancipation, not upon grounds of expediency, but the great principles of right and justice.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass emphasizes that the arguments for emancipation were rooted in fundamental principles of justice rather than mere practicality.

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