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Quotes from The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass — Frederick Douglass

1818–1895 United States

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From the first I saw no chance of bettering the condition of the freedman until he should cease to be merely a freedman and should become a citizen.

The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1892)

It is not uncommon to charge slaves with great treachery toward each other, but I must say I never loved, esteemed, or confided in men more than I did in these. They were as true as steel, and no band of brothers could be more loving.

The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1892)

Mr. Lincoln was not only a great President, but a great man — too great to be small in anything. In his company I was never in any way reminded of my humble origin, or of my unpopular color.

The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1892)

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