On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Forty years of my life have been given to the cause of my people, and if I had forty years more they should all be sacredly given to the great cause.
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Frederick Douglass
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Nearing the end of his autobiography, Douglass reaffirms his lifelong and unwavering dedication to the cause of his people.
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