It detested slavery exposed hypocrisy and wickedness in high places—made no truce with the traffickers in the bodies and souls of men; it preached human brotherhood, denounced oppression, and, with all the solemnity of God’s word, demanded the complete emancipation of my race.
Douglass enumerates the core principles and powerful impact of William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator.
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The anti-slavery platform had performed its work, and my voice was no longer needed.
His iron sentences, cold and harsh, sunk like heavy weights deep into my heart, and stirred up within me a rebellion not soon to be allayed.
The laws which determine the destinies of individuals and nations are impartial and eternal.