Frederick Douglass: “Such is my detestation of slavery, that I would keep the merciless…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

Such is my detestation of slavery, that I would keep the merciless slaveholder profoundly ignorant of the means of flight adopted by the slave.

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Frederick Douglass

Source

In his autobiography, Douglass explains his rationale for not revealing the specific methods of slave escape.

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Frederick Douglass: “Such is my detestation of slavery, that I would keep the merciless slaveholder profoundly ignorant of the means of…”