On the record
I can appeal to them, as strongly by their regard for the slaveholder as for the slave, to labor in this cause.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “I can appeal to them, as strongly by their regard for the slaveholder as for the slave, to labor in this cause.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass appeals to the audience's sense of justice for both enslaved individuals and slaveholders, advocating for collective action.
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