The Federal Government was never, in its essence, anything but an anti…

Frederick Douglass
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The Federal Government was never, in its essence, anything but an anti-slavery government. ✨ Frederick Douglass, Philip Sheldon Foner, Yuval Taylor (1999). Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings, p.536, Chicago Review Press
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