The reader is, therefore, assured, with all due promptitude, that his attention is not invited to a work of ART, but to a work of FACTS—Facts, terrible and almost incredible, it may be yet FACTS, nevertheless.
Here, Douglass asserts the factual basis of his work, highlighting the harsh realities of slavery.
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I looked into this kitchen with peculiar interest, and remembered that it was there I last saw my mother.
The sentiment that brings us here to-day is one of the noblest that can stir and thrill the human heart.
The anti-slavery platform had performed its work, and my voice was no longer needed.