But, there is this difference in the two extremes; viz: that in the case of the slave, the miseries and hardships of his lot are imposed by others, and, in the master’s case, they are imposed by himself.
From his autobiography, this passage reflects on the differing sources of suffering for the enslaved person and the enslaver.
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True it is that this faith was many times shaken by passing events, but never destroyed.
Treason had shot its poisonous roots deeper, and had spread its death-dealing branches further than any northern calculation had covered.