On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
He could not come among us without betraying his sympathy for us, and, stupid as we were, we had the sagacity to see it.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “He could not come among us without betraying his sympathy for us, and, stupid as we were, we had the sagacity to see it.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass describes how enslaved people could perceive the genuine sympathy of a minister despite their own limited understanding.
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