Many seasons of peace and joy I experienced among them, the remembrance of which is still precious, although I could not see it to be my duty to remain with that body, when I found that it consented to the same spirit which held my brethren in chains.
Douglass recounts his departure from a Black Methodist church, explaining that he could not remain with any body that tolerated the spirit of slavery.
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Our very lack of preparation for the conflict disposed us to look for some other than the way of blood out of the difficulty.
His iron sentences, cold and harsh, sunk like heavy weights deep into my heart, and stirred up within me a rebellion not soon to be allayed.
I wished it was possible I could remain small all my life, knowing that the sooner I grew large the shorter would be my time to remain with them.
But we are not here to applaud manly courage, save as it has been displayed in a noble cause.