Frederick Douglass: “It is bounded by no geographical lines and knows no national…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

It is bounded by no geographical lines and knows no national limitations.

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Frederick Douglass

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In a speech on West India Emancipation, Douglass describes freedom as a universal concept unbound by borders.

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