Frederick Douglass: “Had Southern men puzzled their brains to find the most effective means…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

Had Southern men puzzled their brains to find the most effective means to array against slavery and slaveholding manners the solid opposition of the North, they could not have hit upon any expedient better suited to that end, than was this threat.

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Frederick Douglass

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Editor's note · Context

In his autobiography, Douglass observes how Southern threats of secession inadvertently strengthened Northern opposition to slavery.

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Frederick Douglass: “Had Southern men puzzled their brains to find the most effective means to array against slavery and slaveholding manners…”

Editor's note · Context