The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.

Frederick Douglass
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places. ✨ Frederick Douglass (2008). The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, p.353, Cosimo, Inc.
Some know the value of education by having it. I know it's value by not having it. ✨ Frederick Douglass (2016). The Essential Douglass: Selected Writings and Speeches, p.354, Hackett Publishing
Let me give you a word of the philosophy of reform. The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims, have been born of earnest struggle. Th … ▶
I expose slavery in this country, because to expose it is to kill it. Slavery is one of those monsters of darkness to whom the light of truth is death. ✨ Frederick Douglass (1994). Autobiographies, p … ▶
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