On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
It was not logic, but the trump of jubilee, which everybody wanted to hear.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It was not logic, but the trump of jubilee, which everybody wanted to hear.”
Editor's note · Context
Describing the public's anticipation for the Emancipation Proclamation, Douglass explains their desire for a definitive declaration of freedom.
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