Frederick Douglass - Robert Bayer - (2020) - [1 page]

Frederick Douglass, Nevermore again a slave — For I am my own man — my ideas! My own words I profess!

No more beatings, never more a hanging, for I glory in the battle — in the victory thunderous.

For if there is no struggle for liberation, there is no progress.

Right is of no Sex – Truth is of no Color – God is the Father of all of us.

We are all brethren, free men, free women, suffrage for all—nothing less for the abolitionist.

Towards salvation from slavery, to save America the U.S. —We vow a new age of societal fellowship by uniting our very best!

Consider well how the limits of tyrants are prescribed by the gentleness, By the blind acceptance of those whom they oppress.

Thus, gentle acceptance of tyranny vehemently — I resist!

For where justice is denied by corrupt courts remorseless, Where poverty, ignorance, degradation are enforced by force fascist, No one, nothing shall be safe from the suffering righteous.

Yes! Secure is the nation that is honest, truthful, and

virtuous.

Yet we the imprisoned before that heaven can be — MUST Rise up against every lie, chain, theft, torture until victorious.

Ever Shining forth Spirit Fearless: I, Frederick Douglass