Frederick Douglass: “Let us render the tyrant no aid; let us not hold the light by which he…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1845

Let us render the tyrant no aid; let us not hold the light by which he can trace the footprints of our flying brother.

Said by

Frederick Douglass

Source

In his autobiography, Douglass urges abolitionists not to inadvertently assist slaveholders by revealing the methods of escape for enslaved people.

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Frederick Douglass: “Let us render the tyrant no aid; let us not hold the light by which he can trace the footprints of our flying brother.”