On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
The preaching of a white Methodist minister, named Hanson, was the means of causing me to feel that in God I had such a friend.
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Frederick Douglass
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From his autobiography, Douglass describes how a sermon led him to find solace and friendship in God.
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