On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
The Liberator was a paper after my own heart.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The Liberator was a paper after my own heart.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass expresses his deep admiration for William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, and its alignment with his own convictions.
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