Frederick Douglass: “One gallant rush from the North will fling it wide open, while four…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

One gallant rush from the North will fling it wide open, while four millions of our brothers and sisters shall march out into liberty.

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Frederick Douglass

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In an appeal to Black men to join the Union Army, Douglass calls for decisive action to secure the freedom of four million enslaved people.

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