On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
Such is my detestation of slavery, that I would keep the merciless slaveholder profoundly ignorant of the means of flight adopted by the slave.
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Frederick Douglass
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In his autobiography, Douglass explains his rationale for not revealing the specific methods of slave escape.
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