Then we had no physicians, regular graduates of medical schools; now a dozen or more follow the practice of medicine in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, and are recognized as men of skill and ability by the profession.
Douglass highlights the rise of African American physicians, indicating a significant development in the medical field post-emancipation.
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A son of toil himself, he was linked in brotherly sympathy with the sons of toil in every loyal part of the republic.
The anti-slavery platform had performed its work, and my voice was no longer needed.