Frederick Douglass: “Men, in their senses, do not take bowie-knives to kill mosquitoes, nor…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

Men, in their senses, do not take bowie-knives to kill mosquitoes, nor pistols to shoot flies; and the American passengers who thought proper to get up a mob to silence me, on board the “Cambria,” took the most effective method of telling the British public that I had something to say.

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Frederick Douglass

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Editor's note · Context

From his autobiography, recounting an incident on a ship where attempts to suppress his speech only drew more attention to his message.

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Frederick Douglass: “Men, in their senses, do not take bowie-knives to kill mosquitoes, nor pistols to shoot flies; and the American…”

Editor's note · Context