Frederick Douglass: “Our very lack of preparation for the conflict disposed us to look for…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

Our very lack of preparation for the conflict disposed us to look for some other than the way of blood out of the difficulty.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass notes that the North's unpreparedness for war led them to seek peaceful resolutions to the impending conflict.

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