Frederick Douglass: “The nation has seen its face, and felt the controlling pressure of its…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

The nation has seen its face, and felt the controlling pressure of its hand.

Said by

Frederick Douglass

Source

Douglass uses vivid imagery to describe the undeniable and powerful impact the anti-slavery movement has had on the entire nation.

More from Frederick Douglass

Jan 1, 1881

In any fair condition of things the men who till the soil will become proprietors of the soil.

Jan 1, 1881

To-day the negro, starting from nothing, pays taxes upon six millions in Georgia, and forty millions in Louisiana.

Jan 1, 1881

We are no longer four millions of slaves, but six millions of freemen.

Jan 1, 1881

Nothing but the shot-gun or the bull-dozer’s whip can keep them from voting their convictions.

Frederick Douglass: “The nation has seen its face, and felt the controlling pressure of its hand.”