On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
I confess to a feeling allied to satisfaction at the prospect of a conflict between the North and the South.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “I confess to a feeling allied to satisfaction at the prospect of a conflict between the North and the South.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass expresses his personal, complex feelings of satisfaction at the prospect of a conflict between the North and South, seeing it as a potential path to justice.
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