On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
Coming generations in this country will applaud the spirit of this much abused republican friend of freedom.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Coming generations in this country will applaud the spirit of this much abused republican friend of freedom.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass expresses confidence that future American generations will honor the contributions of a maligned advocate for freedom.
Share
More from Frederick Douglass
Jan 1, 1881
Nothing but the shot-gun or the bull-dozer’s whip can keep them from voting their convictions.
Jan 1, 1881
In any fair condition of things the men who till the soil will become proprietors of the soil.
Jan 1, 1881
Still another ground of hope I find in the fact that colored men are strong in their gratitude to benefactors, and firm in their political convictions.