Frederick Douglass: “The key-stone to the arch of this grand union of forces of the slave…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

The key-stone to the arch of this grand union of forces of the slave party is the so-called Compromise of 1850.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass identifies the Compromise of 1850 as the foundational element uniting the various pro-slavery political forces.

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Frederick Douglass: “The key-stone to the arch of this grand union of forces of the slave party is the so-called Compromise of 1850.”