Frederick Douglass: “Of course it was impossible for me not to hope much for the abolition movement when I saw it supported by the Almighty…”

I looked into this kitchen with peculiar interest, and remembered that it was there I last saw my mother.

The friendless and hungry boy, in his extremest need, found himself in the strong protecting arms of his mother.

The anti-slavery platform had performed its work, and my voice was no longer needed.

That the mother was a slave was enough for its deadly purpose.