On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
They were tired of the rule-or-ruin intimidation adopted by the South, and felt then, if never before, that they had quailed before it too often and too long.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “They were tired of the rule-or-ruin intimidation adopted by the South, and felt then, if never before, that they had…”
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From his autobiography, Douglass describes the growing Northern resolve against Southern threats of secession and intimidation prior to the Civil War.
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