On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
The abolition heart of the North ached over the delay, and uttered its bitter complaints, but the administration remained blind and dumb.
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Frederick Douglass
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Douglass describes the frustration of Northern abolitionists with the government's slow response to the issue of slavery during the war.
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