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Frederick Douglass Disagreed with the Quakers Trying to Free Him | Smithsonian Channel

The Quakers were the first religious group to ally themselves to the abolitionist cause, and played a role in securing the freedom of Frederick Douglass. Some among them believed that buying an enslaved man’s freedom, even to set him free, was a tacit acceptance of slavery. Douglass himself took exception to this view.
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