Jan 1, 1881
England can take no step forward in the pathway of a higher civilization without drawing us in the same direction.
Frederick Douglass
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Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He was "the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century".
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Jan 1, 1881
British example became a tremendous lever in the hands of American abolitionists.
Jan 1, 1881
The downfall of slavery under British power meant the downfall of slavery, ultimately, under American power, and the downfall of negro slavery everywhere.
Jan 1, 1881
The friends of freedom in England saw in the negro a man, a moral and responsible being.
Jan 1, 1881
The world needed just such a revelation of the power of conscience and of human brotherhood, one that overleaped the accident of color and of race, and set at naught the whisperings of prejudice.
Jan 1, 1881
It shows that men have in their own hands the peaceful means of putting all their moral and political enemies under their feet, and of making this world a healthy and happy dwelling-place, if they will faithfully and courageously use them.
Jan 1, 1881
It shows what can be done against wrong in the world, without the aid of armies on the earth or of angels in the sky.
Jan 1, 1881
It came, not by the sword, but by the word; not by the brute force of numbers, but by the still small voice of truth; not by barricades, bayonets, and bloody revolution, but by peaceful agitation; not by divine interference, but by the…
Jan 1, 1881
They have, however, come not at the command of reason and persuasion, but by the sharp and terrible edge of the sword.
Jan 1, 1881
Its best lesson to the world, its most encouraging word to all who toil and trust in the cause of justice and liberty, to all who oppose oppression and slavery, is a word of sublime faith and courage--faith in the truth and courage in the…