A war undertaken and brazenly carried on for the perpetual enslavement…

Frederick Douglass
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A war undertaken and brazenly carried on for the perpetual enslavement of colored men, calls logically and loudly for colored men to help suppress it. ✨ Frederick Douglass on Slavery and the Civil War: Selections from His Writings.
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A war undertaken and brazenly carried on for the perpetual enslavement of colored men, calls logically and loudly for colored men to help suppress it. ✨ Frederick Douglass on Slavery and the Civil War: Selections from His Writings.

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