On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
I kept my secret as long as I could, and at last was forced to go in search of an honest man—a man sufficiently human not to betray me into the hands of slave-catchers.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “I kept my secret as long as I could, and at last was forced to go in search of an honest man—a man sufficiently human…”
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From his autobiography, this describes the perilous search for a trustworthy person after his escape, fearing betrayal to slave-catchers.
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