I honor those good men and women for their noble daring, and applaud them for willingly subjecting themselves to bloody persecution, by openly avowing their participation in the escape of slaves.
In his autobiography, Douglass expresses admiration for the courage of abolitionists who openly aided enslaved people, despite his strategic disagreement with their methods.
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