On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
I hated slavery, slaveholders, and all pertaining to them; and I did not fail to inspire others with the same feeling, wherever and whenever opportunity was presented.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “I hated slavery, slaveholders, and all pertaining to them; and I did not fail to inspire others with the same feeling…”
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Douglass declares his profound hatred for slavery and his commitment to inspiring similar sentiments of resistance in others.
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