Frederick Douglass: “I hated this secresy, but where slavery was powerful, and liberty…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

I hated this secresy, but where slavery was powerful, and liberty weak, the latter was driven to concealment or destruction.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass explains the painful necessity of secrecy for those seeking freedom, given the overwhelming power of slavery.

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