If I have pushed my example too prominently for the good taste of my Caucasian readers I beg them to remember that I have written in part for the encouragement of a class whose aspirations need the stimulus of success.
In his autobiography, Douglass explains that his prominent self-narration aims to inspire and encourage African Americans.
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