Frederick Douglass: “This radical change in my opinions produced a corresponding change in…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

This radical change in my opinions produced a corresponding change in my action.

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Frederick Douglass

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Reflecting on a pivotal moment in his intellectual development, Douglass describes how a shift in his beliefs led to a change in his activism.

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