Frederick Douglass: “The morality of the act I dispose of as follows: I am myself; you are…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

The morality of the act I dispose of as follows: I am myself; you are yourself; we are two distinct persons, equal persons.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass lays out his philosophical justification for escaping slavery, asserting the fundamental equality and distinct personhood of individuals.

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