Frederick Douglass: “This is one of the six fundamental objects for which the Constitution…”

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This is one of the six fundamental objects for which the Constitution was ordained; but when, where, and how has any attempt been made by the Federal Government to enforce or establish justice in any one of the late slave-holding States?

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass questions the government's commitment to enforcing justice in former slave-holding states.

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Frederick Douglass: “This is one of the six fundamental objects for which the Constitution was ordained; but when, where, and how has any…”

Editor's note · Context