On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
No man can tell the day of the month, or the month of the year, upon which slavery was abolished in the United States.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “No man can tell the day of the month, or the month of the year, upon which slavery was abolished in the United States.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass observes the historical ambiguity surrounding the precise date of slavery's abolition in the United States, contrasting it with other nations.
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