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It was moral not physical dynamite that blew the two sections asunder.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It was moral not physical dynamite that blew the two sections asunder.”
Editor's note · Context
In this statement, Douglass asserts that the moral issues surrounding slavery, rather than physical factors, caused the rift between the two sections.
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