On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
There is not a man beneath the canopy of heaven that does not know that slavery is wrong for him.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “There is not a man beneath the canopy of heaven that does not know that slavery is wrong for him.”
Editor's note · Context
From his powerful speech on the Fourth of July, Douglass asserts the universal human understanding that slavery is inherently wrong.
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