"Douglass may have had this newspaper in hand when he wrote a letter to the military’s head recruiter, George Stearns, listing these incidents and announcing that he couldn’t continue encouraging men to fight: “Colored men have much overrated the enlightenment, justice and generosity of our rulers at Washington.”Unwilling to lose his prize recruiter, Stearns met with Douglass to assure him that ..."

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