Unlike other abolitionists, though, Douglass never lost his faith in the American Founding. Indeed, he believed that the fundamental premises of our republic were the very principles that could save her from this moral crisis.
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Politics
February 27, 2026
Civitas Outlook
The False Equivalence of Multicultural Day
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