This was a daring step; if it failed, it would only exasperate Covey, and increase the rigors of my bondage, during the remainder of my term of service under him; but the step was taken, and I must go forward.
Reflecting on a pivotal decision to resist his enslaver, Douglass describes the high stakes and his determination to proceed.
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Treason had shot its poisonous roots deeper, and had spread its death-dealing branches further than any northern calculation had covered.
True it is that this faith was many times shaken by passing events, but never destroyed.