Few facts could better illustrate the vast and wonderful change which has taken place in our condition as a people, than the fact of our assembling here for the purpose we have to-day.
Speaking at a monument dedication, Douglass reflects on the profound societal changes that allow for such an assembly of formerly enslaved people.
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The anti-slavery platform had performed its work, and my voice was no longer needed.
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