Frederick Douglass: “There can be no peace to the wicked while slavery continues in the…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

There can be no peace to the wicked while slavery continues in the land.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass declares that peace is unattainable for a nation that continues to uphold the immoral institution of slavery.

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Frederick Douglass: “There can be no peace to the wicked while slavery continues in the land.”