On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Into this contest I threw myself, with firmer faith and more ardent hope than ever before, and what I could do by pen or voice was done with a will.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Into this contest I threw myself, with firmer faith and more ardent hope than ever before, and what I could do by pen or…”
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Douglass describes his fervent personal commitment and active participation in the political struggle against slavery leading up to the Civil War.
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