In my judgment there never was a band of reformers more unselfish, more consistent with their principles, more ardent in their devotion to any cause than were these early anti-slavery men and women of this country.
Douglass praises the dedication and integrity of early anti-slavery reformers, highlighting their commitment to the cause.
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Knowledge unfits a child to be a slave.” I instinctively assented to the proposition, and from that moment I understood the direct pathway from slavery to freedom.
The sentiment that brings us here to-day is one of the noblest that can stir and thrill the human heart.
It was in the air, and men breathed it and were permeated by it, often when they were quite unconscious of its presence.