It would be a cowardly deference to a defeated and treacherous President, if any account were made of the illegitimate, one-sided, sham governments hurried into existence for a malign purpose in the absence of Congress.
This quote reflects Douglass's strong stance against legitimizing governments that he views as illegitimate and treacherous.
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It had no interest in recognizing or preserving any of the ties that bind families together or to their homes.
It only abolished slavery where it did not exist, and left it intact where it did exist.
I wished it was possible I could remain small all my life, knowing that the sooner I grew large the shorter would be my time to remain with them.
The father might be a white man, glorying in the purity of his Anglo-Saxon blood, and his child ranked with the blackest slaves.