On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
We see and feel to-day, as we have not seen and felt before, that the time for conciliation and trusting to the honor of the late rebels and slaveholders has passed.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “We see and feel to-day, as we have not seen and felt before, that the time for conciliation and trusting to the honor of…”
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From his autobiography, articulating a change in approach towards former Confederates and slaveholders, on the limits of conciliation.
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