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He admitted that he had friends and sympathizers, but to his own head he invited all the bolts of slave-holding wrath and fury, and welcomed them to do their worst.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “He admitted that he had friends and sympathizers, but to his own head he invited all the bolts of slave-holding wrath…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass notes Brown's willingness to face the consequences of his actions alone.
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