Thus we find, opposed to all disadvantages which a black man in the United States labors and struggles under, is this one vantage ground—when the chance comes, and the audience where he may have a say, he stands forth the freest, most deeply moved and most earnest of all men.
Douglass emphasizes the unique position of black men in America, who, despite their struggles, can express themselves freely when given the opportunity.
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The laws which determine the destinies of individuals and nations are impartial and eternal.
The good to be sought and the evil to be shunned were flung in the balance and weighed against each other.
The father might be a white man, glorying in the purity of his Anglo-Saxon blood, and his child ranked with the blackest slaves.