On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody, than are the people of these United States, at this very hour.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
Douglass delivers a scathing indictment, asserting that the United States' practices regarding slavery are unparalleled in their brutality among nations.
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