On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
What they held to be a great and important truth, I now looked upon as a dangerous error.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “What they held to be a great and important truth, I now looked upon as a dangerous error.”
Editor's note · Context
Explaining his intellectual and moral divergence from former allies on a significant issue, which led to a re-evaluation of what he considered truth.
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