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Slavery makes American republicanism a sham and its Christianity a lie
Drawn from what Frederick Douglass said
SubjectAmerica
What Frederick Douglass actually said
- Frederick Douglass American abolitionist and writer (about 1817 to 1895)
The existence of slavery in this country brands your republicanism as a sham, your humanity as a base pretence, and your Christianity as a lie. It destroys your moral power abroad; it corrupts your politicians at home.
Where this was said
↗What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? (Rochester, 5 July 1852)en.wikisource.org
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