Frederick Douglass: Letter "To My Old Master" - Milestone Documents

Frederick Douglass: Letter “To My Old Master”

( 1848 ) Commentary by L. Diane Barnes, Youngstown State University
  • “I embraced the golden opportunity, took the morning tide at the flood; and a free man, young, active, and strong, is the result.” - Paragraph 1
  • “I intend to make use of you as a weapon with which to assail the system of slavery—as a means of concentrating public attention on the system, and deepening their horror of trafficking in the souls and bodies of men.” - Paragraph 7
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