On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
This was a hard thing to do; but after much reflection I reasoned myself into the conviction that there was no other way to do, and that after all there was no wrong in it.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “This was a hard thing to do; but after much reflection I reasoned myself into the conviction that there was no other way…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass describes his moral reasoning for stealing food to survive, concluding it was not wrong given his circumstances as an enslaved person.
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