Discovery of Frederick Douglass letter sheds light on contested Lincoln statue

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Amid protests, some want removal of Washington statue which shows president standing over a man who has broken his chains

An argument between history professors over a statue which many protesters say should be removed from Lincoln Park in Washington led to the discovery of a letter in which Frederick Douglass described his feelings about it.

 

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Whilst you are discussing unimportant nuances around a statue, there are actually MILLIONS OF SLAVES still out there in the world. Why not use your platform to free them?

new history is of love only and statues should follow the real history of love from love-of-valley to mumbachi-maambachi!

do enact statue based on this song! any electronic-set-of-names would be fine! MUMBACHI-MAAMBCHI should be enacted to love each other!

we need lovable males! do enact fellatio statues and do enact bagaddri! do enact any-Spashi statue as queen statue! HISTORY IS CHANGED! WORLD SHOULD KNOW THE REAL HISTORIAL SHAGHADDHIAS! THE BIGGEST MOTHERFUCKER, LORD DAJNI JIJNA VISHNU! THE WHOLE SHAGHUNSHI IS LEFT!

Timely “discovery”

Read his commencement speech. Page 5/14

Lincoln never saw Black ppl as equals and being credited with freeing the slaves does not change that fact. He was just as racist as the south.

It’s definitely awkward in a modern context. Maybe one of them standing together shaking hands as equals would be a nice replacement. blm

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