It is only when we contemplate the slave as a moral and intellectual being, that we can adequately comprehend the unparalleled enormity of slavery, and the intense criminality of the slaveholder.
Douglass asserts that a full understanding of slavery's enormity requires recognizing the enslaved person as a moral and intellectual human being.
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The anti-slavery platform had performed its work, and my voice was no longer needed.