If in these lectures I did not make abolitionists I did succeed in making tolerant the moral atmosphere in Rochester; so much so, indeed, that I came to feel as much at home there as I had ever done in the most friendly parts of New England.
Reflecting on his lectures in Rochester, Douglass describes how his efforts fostered a more accepting environment for his abolitionist message.
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