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June 29, 2021 Nations seldom listen to advice from individuals, however reasonable. They are taught less by theories than by facts and events.
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
Last week I commended President Joseph Biden for signing into law a bill that made June 19 a national holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. It took two and a half years (that is, on June 19, 1865) to notify enslaved African Americans that all slaves are free and the 13th Amendment to free them officially on December 6, 1865.
Frederick Douglass, that great African-American abolitionist, foresaw the purpose of the war. He wrote in
June 29, 2021
“Nations seldom listen to advice from individuals, however reasonable. They are taught less by theories than by facts and events.”
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
Last week I commended President Joseph Biden for signing into law a bill that made June 19 a national holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. It took two and a half years (that is, on June 19, 1865) to notify enslaved African Americans that “all slaves are free” and the 13th Amendment to free them officially on December 6, 1865.
Frederick Douglass, that great African-American abolitionist, foresaw the purpose of the war. He wrote in
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