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and goodwill to all the white race,
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from gulf to lakes, and from sea to sea"
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And as a black citizen, he dreaded the day, he said--
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listen to his words, it's one of the most
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racialized speeches Douglass ever gave
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He said he dreaded the day when, his words,
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"This great white race has renewed its vows of patriotism
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and flowed back into its accustomed channels"
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He was proud, he said, to be an American,
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but he was worried
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And then he ended with this question
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"If war among the whites brought peace and liberty to blacks,