It is something to couple one’s name with great occasions, and it was a great thing to me to be permitted to bear some humble part in this, the greatest that had thus far come to the American people.
Douglass reflects on the honor and importance of being involved in pivotal historical moments for the American people.
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It had no interest in recognizing or preserving any of the ties that bind families together or to their homes.
A son of toil himself, he was linked in brotherly sympathy with the sons of toil in every loyal part of the republic.