On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
We did not seek to overthrow them, but to escape from them.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “We did not seek to overthrow them, but to escape from them.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass clarifies the limited scope of their resistance, stating their aim was personal liberation rather than the destruction of the slave system itself.
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