Let me say again, slavery is alike the sin and the shame of the American people; it is a blot upon the American name, and the only national reproach which need make an American hang his head in shame, in the presence of monarchical governments.
From his autobiography, Douglass condemns slavery as the ultimate moral failing and national disgrace for the United States.
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Our very lack of preparation for the conflict disposed us to look for some other than the way of blood out of the difficulty.
I believed I should get enough to eat at Covey’s, even if I suffered in other respects, and this to a hungry man is not a prospect to be regarded with indifference.
The anti-slavery platform had performed its work, and my voice was no longer needed.
It only abolished slavery where it did not exist, and left it intact where it did exist.