Rebecca Quietmeyer "Sincerely and earnestly hoping that this little book may do something toward throwing light on the American slave system, and hastening the glad day of deliverance to the millions of my brethren in bonds…relying upon the power of truth, love, and justice, for success in my…efforts and solemnly pledging myself anew to the sacred cause, I subscribe myself." (76) With these words, Frederick Douglass ended one of the greatest pieces of propaganda of the 19th century. Douglass wrote his autobiography as an abolitionist tool to shape his northern audience’s view of southern slavehold....

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