Frederick Douglass: “Cookman was, that whenever he met slaveholders he labored faithfully…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

Cookman was, that whenever he met slaveholders he labored faithfully with them, as a religious duty, to induce them to liberate their bondmen.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass recounts how Reverend George Cookman consistently urged slaveholders to emancipate their enslaved people, viewing it as a religious duty.

Frederick Douglass: “Cookman was, that whenever he met slaveholders he labored faithfully with them, as a religious duty, to induce them to…”