On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
The people of the North had been accustomed to ask, in a tone of cruel indifference, “What have we to do with slavery?” and now no labored speech was required in answer.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The people of the North had been accustomed to ask, in a tone of cruel indifference, “What have we to do with slavery?”…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass highlights the shift in Northern attitudes, where the question of their involvement with slavery was no longer met with indifference.
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