In spite of all Master Thomas had said, and in spite of my own efforts to the contrary, the injustice and wickedness of slavery was always uppermost in my thoughts, strengthening my purpose to make my escape at the earliest moment possible.
Reflecting on his master's attempts to dissuade him, Douglass describes his unwavering resolve to escape the inherent evils of slavery.
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But we are not here to applaud manly courage, save as it has been displayed in a noble cause.
Our very lack of preparation for the conflict disposed us to look for some other than the way of blood out of the difficulty.
This was a new and special revelation, dispelling a painful mystery against which my youthful understanding had struggled, and struggled in vain, to wit, the white man’s power to perpetuate the enslavement of the black man.
The sentiment that brings us here to-day is one of the noblest that can stir and thrill the human heart.