Frederick Douglass: “It was, therefore, an act of supreme trust on the part of a freeman of…”

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It was, therefore, an act of supreme trust on the part of a freeman of color thus to put in jeopardy his own liberty that another might be free.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass acknowledges the significant trust required from free men of color to aid fugitive slaves.

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Frederick Douglass: “It was, therefore, an act of supreme trust on the part of a freeman of color thus to put in jeopardy his own liberty…”