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title: 'Letter to Frederick Douglass'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'James William Charles Pennington'
date: 1849-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Slavery'
- 'Politics'
scriptures:
- 'Exodus 21'
- 'Galatians 3'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/pennington-1849-letter-to-frederick-douglass
---

# Letter to Frederick Douglass

A North Star editorial condemns pro-slavery politics and Southern threats, defends abolition and equal rights, and criticizes pro-slavery churches and congressional maneuvers.

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