Now let but the truth be spoken, and a nation will start forth at the sound!” In this enthusiastic spirit, I dropped into the ranks of freedom’s friends, and went forth to the battle.
Douglass expresses his conviction that speaking the truth would awaken the nation to justice, leading him to join the abolitionist movement with enthusiasm.
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None now denies the ability of the colored race to acquire knowledge of anything which can be communicated to the human understanding by letters.
They cannot be coaxed or driven to vote with their enemies against their friends.
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