They were not more amiable than brave, for they never seemed to ask, What will the world say? but walked straight forward in what seemed to them the line of duty, please or offend whomsoever it might.
In his autobiography, Douglass praises the moral courage of his hosts, Isaac and Amy Post, who acted on principle regardless of public opinion.
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