On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
We could not but believe that there existed at the South a latent and powerful Union sentiment which would assert itself at last.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “We could not but believe that there existed at the South a latent and powerful Union sentiment which would assert itself…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass describes the Northern conviction that a strong, underlying pro-Union sentiment would eventually emerge in the Southern states.
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