On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
I had not long been a reader of the “Liberator,” before I got a pretty correct idea of the principles, measures and spirit of the anti-slavery reform.
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Frederick Douglass
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Douglass explains how reading "The Liberator" quickly educated him on the core tenets and spirit of the anti-slavery movement.
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