I thanked her with genuine earnestness, and from that moment I could see that her prejudices were more than half gone, and that I was more than half welcome at the fireside of this Democratic Senator.
Douglass observes how a simple act of kindness and his sincere gratitude began to dismantle the racial prejudices of a Democratic Senator's wife.
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