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The Constitution, read by its declared purposes, warrants abolishing slavery in every state
Drawn from what Frederick Douglass said
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- Frederick Douglass American abolitionist and writer (about 1817 to 1895)
Then, again, if the declared purposes of an instrument are to govern the meaning of all its parts and details, as they clearly should, the Constitution of our country is our warrant for the abolition of slavery in every State of the Union.
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↗Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881)gutenberg.org
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