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You quote a mighty and historic speech by the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass, but, without context, many modern readers will misunderstand. Two critical points: twitter.com/Kaepernick7/st

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(1) This speech was given in 1852, before the Civil War, when the abomination of slavery still existed. Thanks to Douglass and so many other heroes, we ended that grotesque evil and have made enormous strides to protecting the civil rights of everybody.

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(2) Douglass was not anti-American; he was, rightly and passionately, anti-slavery. Indeed, he concluded the speech as follows:

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“Allow me to say, in conclusion, notwithstanding the dark picture I have this day presented, of the state of the nation, I do not despair of this country.

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“There are forces in operation, which must inevitably, work the downfall of slavery. ‘The arm of the Lord is not shortened,’ and the doom of slavery is certain.

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“I, therefore, leave off where I began, with hope. While drawing encouragement from ‘the Declaration of Independence,’ the great principles it contains, and the genius of American Institutions, my spirit is also cheered by the obvious tendencies of the age.”

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Let me encourage everyone, READ THE ENTIRE SPEECH; it is powerful, inspirational, and historically important in bending the arc of history towards justice: rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/2945

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Charles P. Pierce

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Sorry. You all don’t get to hijack Frederick Douglass while suppressing the minority franchise all over the country.

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I keep hoping people will ignore Mr Kaepernick and maybe he'll go away.

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You’re a sitting US senator, chiming in on this issue, shows your boredom and what they truly say about the the senate.

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News flash -

is not anti-American

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's tweet does not say anything about being un-American. His tweet AND kneeling during the national anthem are not un-American. Seems to me

that you missed the point. Your supplied context did nothing to change my view of

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Need to teach History and Civics..

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