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The North fought the rebellion but not its cause, slavery
Drawn from what Frederick Douglass said
What Frederick Douglass actually said
- Frederick Douglass American abolitionist and writer (about 1817 to 1895)
We fought the rebellion, but not its cause. The key to the situation was the four million of slaves; yet the slave who loved us, was hated, and the slaveholder who hated us, was loved.
Where this was said
↗Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881)gutenberg.org
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