On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Happily for the cause of human freedom, and for the final unity of the American nation, the South was mad, and would listen to no concessions.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
Douglass reflects on the South's refusal to compromise before the Civil War, seeing it as a fortunate turn for the cause of freedom and national unity.
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