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“Fighting Rebels With Only One Hand” by Frederick Douglass
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The Church and Prejudice by Frederick Douglass
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What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? by Frederick Douglass
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“Why Should a Colored Man Enlist?” by Frederick Douglass
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"Another Word to Colored Men" by Frederick Douglass
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The Right to Criticize American Institutions by Frederick Douglass
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“Men of Color to Arms!” by Frederick Douglass
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What the Black Man Wants by Frederick Douglas
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate Two (Freeport); Douglas's Opening Remarks
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates Four (Charleston); Douglas Opening Remarks
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate One (Ottawa); Stephen Douglas Opening Remarks
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The Way to Assure an Enduring Peace Not Through Perfidy and Vengeance, but through Justice and Love by Gerrit Smith.
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate Three (Jonesboro); Douglas Opening Remarks
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate Three (Jonesboro); Douglas Rebuttal
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Inaugural Address by James A Garfield
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First Inaugural Address by Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates Six (Quincy); Douglas Opening Remarks
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