CHAPTER XVI

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WHAT OF THE NIGHT?

THERE IS HOPE IN GOD ONLY.

The government intensely pro-slavery--Political horizon lowering--The great denominations and benevolent societies heartily supporting slavery--Ecclesiastical heavens dark--Deep prejudices in the masses of the people--Douglass quoted--God is on the side of the oppressed--He is stirring the nation--Question cannot rest--Agitation goes on--Truth is on the side of the slave--Literature coming to his aid--A pure Church arising to plead his cause--"TOIL AND TRUST." page 219

AMERICAN SLAVERY.

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