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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07926.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1880s |
| Title | "We are sometimes asked in the name of patriotism..." |
| Date | ca.1880-1889 |
| Author | Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895) |
| Document Type | Miscellany |
| Content Description | Quotation in full: "We are sometimes asked in the name of patriotism to forget the merits of this fearful conflict and to remember with equal admiration those who struck at the nation's life and those who struck to save it - those who fought for slavery and those who fought against it..." |
| Subjects | African American Author African American History Civil War Military History Patriotism Slavery Confederate States of America Union Forces |
| People | Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895) |
| Theme | African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; The American Civil War |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Related documents | [Postcard with portrait of Frederick Douglass] |
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