The destiny of the colored American…is the destiny of America.

Frederick Douglass

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Black Americans Race in America America

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Frederick Douglass

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Speech

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Political speech

Language

English

Time

1862 1860s 19th century

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Black activist Abolitionist Activist Writer

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United States

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Citation

Douglass, Frederick. "The Future of the Negro People of the Slave States." Emancipation League meeting. 12 Feb. 1862, Tremont Temple, Boston, MA, USA.

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I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.

Abraham Lincoln

Emancipation Proclamation

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Abraham Lincoln
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Emancipation Proclamation
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1862 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Final Emancipation Proclamation," or "Proclamation 95." 22 Sept. 1862.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Final Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

Another quote about America

We must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are on us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world.

John Winthrop

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America as example America

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John Winthrop
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A Model of Christian Charity
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Language
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Time
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Era
Colonial America
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Citation

Winthrop, John. "A Model of Christian Charity." 8 Apr. 1630, on board Arbella. Sermon.

Another quote from 1862

The vague, crepuscular time; the time of regrets that resemble hopes, of hopes that resemble regrets, when youth has passed, but old age has not yet arrived.

Ivan Turgenev

Fathers and Sons

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Ivan Turgenev
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Fathers and Sons
Medium
Novel
Language
Russian
Time
1862 1860s 19th century
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Turgenev, Ivan. "Отцы и дети [Fathers and Sons]." The Russian Messenger, 1862.

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Turgenev, Ivan. Fathers and Sons, translated by Richard Freeborn. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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There are no necessary evils in the government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favor alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing.

Andrew Jackson

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Government Political theory
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Andrew Jackson
Medium
Speech
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1832 1830s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Jackson, Andrew. Veto message on bank bill. Congress meeting. 10 July 1832, U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.