Secrecy and concealment were necessary conditions to the successful operation of this railroad, and hence its prefix “underground.” My agency was all the more exciting and interesting, because not altogether free from danger.
Douglass explains that secrecy and danger were inherent to the Underground Railroad's operations, making his involvement both exciting and perilous.
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