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The Most Sacred Right (2020)

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Frederick Douglass's Voting Rights

Frederick Douglass fought for universal suffrage till the very end. He died of a heart attack in 1895 after attending a meeting at the National Council of Women. 25 years later, women would finally get that right. But as was the case throughout Douglass's life, progress was never far from disappointment.

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