To tear off the mask from this abominable system, to expose it to the light of heaven, aye, to the heat of the sun, that it may burn and wither it out of existence, is my object in coming to this country.
Douglass declares his mission to expose and destroy the institution of slavery through public testimony.
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Father he might be, and not be husband, and could sell his own child without incurring reproach, if in its veins coursed one drop of African blood.
It had no interest in recognizing or preserving any of the ties that bind families together or to their homes.
But we are not here to applaud manly courage, save as it has been displayed in a noble cause.