When the true history of the anti-slavery cause shall be written, woman will occupy a large space in its pages; for the cause of the slave has been peculiarly woman’s cause.
In his autobiography, Douglass asserts the central and unique role women played in the anti-slavery movement.
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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.
Land is not worth much where there are no people to occupy it, and a mule is not worth much where there is no one to drive him.
A son of toil himself, he was linked in brotherly sympathy with the sons of toil in every loyal part of the republic.