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Once a will in the people of America to abolish slavery, this is no…

Quote byFrederick Douglass · 1818–1895

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Constitution of the United States: Is It Pro-Slavery or Anti-Slavery? (1860).

English (original)

once a will in the people of America to abolish slavery, this is no word, no syllable in the Constitution to forbid that result

— Frederick Douglass

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