Up to that time, a colored man was deemed a fool who confessed himself a runaway slave, not only because of the danger to which he exposed himself of being retaken, but because it was a confession of a very low origin!
From his autobiography, reflecting on the societal perception and dangers faced by runaway slaves who revealed their past.
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