There are many respectable colored men, fathers of large families, having boys nearly grown up, whose minds are tossed by day and by night with the anxious inquiry, what shall I do with my boys?
In his autobiography, Douglass describes the profound concern of Black fathers for the future and opportunities of their sons.
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The fact that we have endured wrongs and hardships, which would have destroyed any other race, and have increased in numbers and public consideration, ought to strengthen our faith in ourselves and our future.
They were sent away empty-handed, without money, without friends, and without a foot of land to stand upon.
But whether it shall come late or come soon will depend mainly upon ourselves.
No people to whom liberty is given, can hold it as firmly and wear it as grandly as those who wrench their liberty from the iron hand of the tyrant.