The cause was good; the men engaged in it were good; the means to attain its triumph, good; Heaven’s blessing must attend all, and freedom must soon be given to the pining millions under a ruthless bondage.
Douglass articulates his initial, unwavering belief in the righteousness of the abolitionist cause and its inevitable success.
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In any fair condition of things the men who till the soil will become proprietors of the soil.
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