Jan 1, 1855
They are, therefore, rapidly sinking all other questions to nothing, compared with the increasing demands of slavery.
Frederick Douglass
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Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He was "the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century".
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Jan 1, 1855
To balance probabilities, where life and liberty hang on the result, requires steady nerves.
Jan 1, 1855
Any white man is authorized to stop a man of color, on any road, and examine him, and arrest him, if he so desires.
Jan 1, 1855
Her face was lighted with the kindliest emotions; and the reflex influence of her countenance, as well as the tenderness with which she seemed to regard me, while asking me sundry little questions, greatly delighted me, and lit up, to my…
Jan 1, 1855
It is precious, alike to the pauper and to the prince—to the slave, and to his master; and yet, I believe there was not one among us, who would not rather have been shot down, than pass away life in hopeless bondage.
Jan 1, 1855
The life which he has, may be lost, and the liberty which he seeks, may not be gained.
Jan 1, 1855
The great world was opening upon me very rapidly, and I was eagerly acquainting myself with its multifarious lessons.
Jan 1, 1855
All that he has is at stake; and even that which he has not, is at stake, also.
Jan 1, 1855
No man can tell the intense agony which is felt by the slave, when wavering on the point of making his escape.
Jan 1, 1855
It was the first large town I had ever seen; and though it was inferior to many a factory village in New England, my feelings, on seeing it, were excited to a pitch very little below that reached by travelers at the first view of Rome.
Jan 1, 1855
The case, sometimes, to our excited visions, stood thus: At every gate through which we had to pass, we saw a watchman; at every ferry, a guard; on every bridge, a sentinel; and in every wood, a patrol or slave-hunter.