On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
I hated the secrecy; but where slavery is powerful, and liberty is weak, the latter is driven to concealment or to destruction.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “I hated the secrecy; but where slavery is powerful, and liberty is weak, the latter is driven to concealment or to…”
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Douglass reflects on the necessity of clandestine operations in the fight against slavery, observing that liberty must hide when confronted by overwhelming power.
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