I think I never hated slavery so intensely as at that moment; certainly, my perception of the enormous outrage which is inflicted by it, on the godlike nature of its victims, was rendered far more clear than ever.
Douglass reflects on the profound impact of slavery on its victims and his own feelings of hatred towards it.
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The anti-slavery platform had performed its work, and my voice was no longer needed.
Father he might be, and not be husband, and could sell his own child without incurring reproach, if in its veins coursed one drop of African blood.
A son of toil himself, he was linked in brotherly sympathy with the sons of toil in every loyal part of the republic.