Fortunately for me, in the four years of my labors in the abolition cause, I had gained many friends, who would have suffered themselves to be taxed to almost any extent to save me from slavery.
Douglass reflects on the support he received from friends in the abolitionist movement during his escape from slavery.
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True it is that this faith was many times shaken by passing events, but never destroyed.
But we are not here to applaud manly courage, save as it has been displayed in a noble cause.