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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 "We are sometimes asked in the name of patriotism..."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07926.01 Author/Creator: Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph quotation signed Date: 1871 ca. Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 16.5 cm, Width: 11.3 cm Order a Copy

Quotation in full: "We are sometimes asked in the name of patriotism to forget the merits of this fearful conflict and to remember with equal admiration those who struck at the nation's life and those who struck to save it--those who fought for slavery and those who fought against it..."

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

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