In an era, in his era where many were tempted to walk away from our system, Douglass did the opposite. He leaned in. He studied the Constitution. He Douglass famously cited [the Constitution] as a glorious liberty document. He understood that the problem wasn't our founding principles. It was a failure to apply them. Douglass believed that every individual is the master of their own soul and labor. (07:41–07:47)
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Asserts that Frederick Douglass referred to the Constitution as a 'glorious liberty document.'
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