On the record
Why, solely in consequence of the faithfulness of their attacks upon the slaveholding religion of the southern states, and the northern religion that sympathizes with it.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Why, solely in consequence of the faithfulness of their attacks upon the slaveholding religion of the southern states…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass points out that criticism of slaveholding religion has led to accusations of infidelity against abolitionists.
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