Considering our long subjection to servitude and caste, and the many temptations to which we are exposed to betray our race into the hands of their enemies, the wonder is not that we have so many traitors among us as that we have so few.
Douglass reflects on the challenges faced by his community and the surprising resilience against betrayal.
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