“I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the south…”

“I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the south is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes-a justifier of the most appalling barbarity, — a sanctifier of the most hateful frauds, — and a dark shelter under which the darkest, foulest, grossest, and most infernal deeds of slaveholders find the strongest protection.”

— Frederick Douglass

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Title: Wikiquote: Frederick Douglass
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Ch. 10

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Douglass, Frederick. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Frederick Douglass. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass

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