Frederick Douglass: “Damning as would be such a deed on my part, it would be no more so…”

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Damning as would be such a deed on my part, it would be no more so than that which you have committed against me and my sisters.

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Frederick Douglass

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He asserts that the wrongs committed against him are as damning as any potential wrong he could commit.

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Frederick Douglass: “Damning as would be such a deed on my part, it would be no more so than that which you have committed against me and my…”