Frederick Douglass: “Has it turned aside, like a stranger and a sojourner, to tarry for a…”

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Has it turned aside, like a stranger and a sojourner, to tarry for a night? or has it come to rest with us forever?

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Frederick Douglass

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He questions whether the anti-slavery movement is temporary or a lasting presence.

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Frederick Douglass: “Has it turned aside, like a stranger and a sojourner, to tarry for a night? or has it come to rest with us forever?”