Frederick Douglass — "Though Mr. Lincoln shared the prejudices of his white fellow-countrymen against …"

Though Mr. Lincoln shared the prejudices of his white fellow-countrymen against the Negro, it is hardly necessary to say that in his heart of hearts he loathed and hated slavery . . . 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.
Frederick Douglass — Frederick Douglass Modern · Abolitionist, orator

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Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln, delivered at the Unveiling of The Freedmen's Monument in Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C.

Date: 1876

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