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It was, therefore, an act of supreme trust on the part of a freeman of color thus to put in jeopardy his own liberty that another might be free.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It was, therefore, an act of supreme trust on the part of a freeman of color thus to put in jeopardy his own liberty…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass acknowledges the significant trust required from free men of color to aid fugitive slaves.
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