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167 years ago today, a prominent Marylander gave a seminal speech on patriotism and civil rights [View all]
"Were the nation older, the patriot’s heart might be sadder, and the reformer’s brow heavier," Frederick Douglass said on this day in 1852
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167 years ago today, a prominent Marylander gave a seminal speech on patriotism, civil rights and slavery to an audience that included President Millard Fillmore. Read it here:
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