The United States Cannot Remain Half-Slave and Half-Free

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Despite of it all, the Negro remains like iron or granite, cool, strong, imperturbable and cheerful.

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Topic

Black Americans

Speaker

Frederick Douglass

Source

The United States Cannot Remain Half-Slave and Half-Free

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1883 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Douglass, Frederick. "The United States Cannot Remain Half-Slave and Half-Free." Twenty-first anniversary of Emancipation. 16 April 1883, Congregational Church, Washington, DC, USA.