From that time until now, I have been engaged in pleading the cause of my brethren—with what success, and with what devotion, I leave those acquainted with my labors to decide.
Douglass reflects on his lifelong commitment to advocating for the rights of his fellow enslaved people, leaving the judgment of his efforts to others.
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But we are not here to applaud manly courage, save as it has been displayed in a noble cause.
We could not but believe that there existed at the South a latent and powerful Union sentiment which would assert itself at last.
It only abolished slavery where it did not exist, and left it intact where it did exist.
Knowledge unfits a child to be a slave.” I instinctively assented to the proposition, and from that moment I understood the direct pathway from slavery to freedom.