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".
Jan 1, 1881
The good to be sought and the evil to be shunned were flung in the balance and weighed against each other.
Jan 1, 1881
True it is that this faith was many times shaken by passing events, but never destroyed.
Jan 1, 1881
It only abolished slavery where it did not exist, and left it intact where it did exist.
Jan 1, 1881
Lincoln was not only a great President, but a GREAT MAN--too great to be small in anything.
Jan 1, 1881
The anti-slavery platform had performed its work, and my voice was no longer needed.
Jan 1, 1881
But we are not here to applaud manly courage, save as it has been displayed in a noble cause.
Jan 1, 1881
Land is not worth much where there are no people to occupy it, and a mule is not worth much where there is no one to drive him.
Jan 1, 1881
I looked into this kitchen with peculiar interest, and remembered that it was there I last saw my mother.
Jan 1, 1881
We can get at the throat of treason and slavery through the State of Massachusetts.