On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Liberty was our aim, and we had now come to think that we had a right to it against every obstacle, even against the lives of our enslavers.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Liberty was our aim, and we had now come to think that we had a right to it against every obstacle, even against the…”
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Douglass asserts the absolute right to liberty for enslaved people, even if it meant confronting their enslavers.
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