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• Viewed from the genuine abolition ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed tardy, cold, dull, and indifferent; but measuring him by the sentiment of his country, a sentiment he was bound as a statesman to consult, he was swift, zealous, radical, and determined.

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  Country, Zealous, Dull

  Frederick Douglass, Philip Sheldon Foner, Yuval Taylor (1999). “Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings”, p.621, Chicago Review Press

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• E have men sold to build churches, women sold to support the gospel, and babes sold to purchase Bibles for the poor heathen, all for the glory of God and the good of souls. The slave auctioneer's bell and the church-going bell chime in with each other, and the bitter cries of the heart-broken slave are drowned in the religious shouts of his pious master. Revivals of religion and revivals in the slave trade go hand in hand.

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  Religious, Heart, Men

  Frederick Douglass (2017). “FREDERICK DOUGLASS’ NARRATIVE – Memoirs of an American Slave, Freedom Fighter & Statesman: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave & My Bondage and My Freedom”, p.98, e-artnow

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• Permítanme decirles algo sobre la filosofía de la reforma. Toda la historia del progreso de la libertad humana demuestra que todas las concesiones hechas hasta ahora a sus augustas reivindicaciones han nacido de una lucha sincera. El conflicto ha sido excitante, agitador, absorbente y, por el momento, ha silenciado todos los demás tumultos. O hace esto o no hace nada. Si no hay lucha, no hay progreso.

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  Philosophy, Struggle, August

  Frederick Douglass, Philip Sheldon Foner, Yuval Taylor (1999). “Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings”, p.367, Chicago Review Press

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• When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind.

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  Men, Wind, Literature

  Frederick Douglass (1999). “Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings”, Chicago Review Press

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• American labor rights activist, on activities of the National Farm Workers Association Human law may know no distinction among men in respect of rights, but human practice may.

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  Hombres, Derechos, Ley

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• Power concedes nothing without demand. It never has and never will. Show me the exact amount of wrong and injustices that are visited upon a person and I will show you the exact amount of words endured by these people.

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  People, Literature, Demand

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• Right is of no sex, truth is of no color.

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  Sex, Color, Truth Is

  Frederick Douglass (1994). “Autobiographies”, p.1058, Library of America

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• ...there are at the present moment many colored men in the Confederate Army...as real soldiers, having muskets on their shoulders, and bullets in their pockets, ready to shoot down loyal troops, and do all that soldiers may do to destroy the Federal government...There were such soldiers at Manassas and they are probably there still.

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  Real, War, Army

  Frederick Douglass (1952). “The Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass: The Civil War, 1861-1865”

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• The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.

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  Detest

  Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison (1849). “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave”, p.40

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• Did John Brown fail? John Brown began the war that ended American slavery and made this a free Republic.

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  War, Slavery, Republic

  Frederick Douglass (2017). “Frederick Douglass in Brooklyn”, p.198, Akashic Books

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• Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the Constitution is a glorious liberty document. Read its preamble, consider its purposes. Is slavery among them? Is it at the gateway? or is it in the temple? It is neither.

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  Liberty, Purpose, Slavery

  Fuente: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Heaven's blessing must attend all, and freedom must soon be given to the pining millions under a ruthless bondage.

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  Freedom, Blessing, Heaven

  Frederick Douglass (1855). “My Bondage and My Freedom ...”, p.360

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• The silver trump of freedom had roused my soul to eternal wakefulness. Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever. It was heard in every sound, and seen in every thing.

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  Forever, Soul, Sound

  Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Solomon Northup, Olaudah Equiano (2016). “Slave Narratives Compilation: Twelve Years A Slave, My Bondage and My Freedom, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave”, p.176, ShandonPress

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• Por lo general, se espera que los esclavos canten además de trabajar.

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  Literature, Slavery, Politics

  Frederick Douglass (2013). “The Complete Autobiographies of Frederick Douglass”, p.128, Simon and Schuster

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• In all the relations of life and death, we are met by the color line.

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  Color, Life And Death, Lines

  Speech at the Convention of Colored Men, Louisville, Ky., 24 Sept. 1883

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• El conocimiento incapacita a un niño para ser esclavo.

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  Children, Slave, Be A Slave

  Frederick Douglass (1855). “My Bondage and My Freedom ...”, p.146

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• The Federal Government was never, in its essence, anything but an anti-slavery government.

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  Government, Essence, Slavery

  Frederick Douglass, Philip Sheldon Foner, Yuval Taylor (1999). “Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings”, p.536, Chicago Review Press

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• These were choice documents to me... They gave tongue to interesting thoughts of my own soul, which had frequently flashed through my mind, and died away for want of utterance.

  Frederick Douglass

  Interesting, Choices, Soul

  Frederick Douglass (2016). “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”, p.80, Frederick Douglass

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• No tengo conocimiento exacto de mi edad, pues nunca he visto ningún registro auténtico que la contenga.

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  Age, Records, Accurate

  Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison (1849). “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave”, p.1

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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.

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  War, Men, Helping

  "Frederick Douglass on Slavery and the Civil War: Selections from His Writings".

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• Una vez que el hombre negro tenga en su persona la letra de latón U.S., un águila en su botón, un mosquete en su hombro y balas en su bolsillo, no habrá poder en la tierra que pueda negar que se ha ganado el derecho a la ciudadanía.

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  Hombres, Águilas, Negro

  Frederick Douglass (2000). "Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings", p.536, Chicago Review Press

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• These dear souls came not to Sabbath school because it was popular to do so, nor did I teach them because it was reputable to be thus engaged. Every moment they spent in that school, they were liable to be taken up, and given thirty-nine lashes. They came because they wished to learn. Their minds had been starved by their cruel masters. They had been shut up in mental darkness. I taught them, because it was the delight of my soul to be doing something that looked like the bettering the condition of my race

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  Taken, School, Race

  Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison (1849). “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave”, p.82

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• I glory in the conflict, that I may hereafter exult in the victory. I know that victory is certain.

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  Victory, May, Conflict

  "Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings".

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• What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice. ... All I ask is, give him a chance to stand on his own legs! Let him alone! ... Your interference is doing him positive injury.

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  Giving, Justice, Legs

  Frederick Douglass (2016). “The Essential Douglass: Selected Writings and Speeches”, p.196, Hackett Publishing

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• Beat and cuff your slave, keep him hungry and spiritless, and he will follow the chain of his master like a dog. Feed and clothe him well, work him moderately, surround him with physical comfort and dreams of freedom intrude.

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  Dream, Dog, Comfort

  Frederick Douglass (1994). “Autobiographies”, p.297, Library of America

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