Schooled as I have been among the abolitionists of New England, I recognize that the universe is governed by laws which are unchangeable and eternal, that what men sow they will reap, and that there is no way to dodge or circumvent the consequences of any act or deed.
Reflecting on his abolitionist education, Douglass articulates his belief in universal, unchangeable laws governing consequences.
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Knowledge unfits a child to be a slave.” I instinctively assented to the proposition, and from that moment I understood the direct pathway from slavery to freedom.
Father he might be, and not be husband, and could sell his own child without incurring reproach, if in its veins coursed one drop of African blood.
Our very lack of preparation for the conflict disposed us to look for some other than the way of blood out of the difficulty.