This vow only bound me to make good my own individual escape, but my friendship for my brother-slaves was so affectionate and confiding that I felt it my duty, as well as my pleasure, to give them an opportunity to share in my determination.
Douglass explains that his personal vow for freedom expanded to include his fellow enslaved people, driven by friendship and a sense of duty.
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