On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
The power is coextensive with the star-spangled banner and American christianity.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The power is coextensive with the star-spangled banner and American christianity.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, this passage critiques the hypocrisy of American ideals and Christianity in their complicity with the nationalization of slavery.
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