TO
HONORABLE GERRIT SMITH,
AS A SLIGHT TOKEN OF ESTEEM FOR HIS CHARACTER, ADMIRATION
FOR HIS GENIUS AND BENEVOLENCE, AFFECTION FOR HIS PERSON, AND
GRATITUDE FOR HIS FRIENDSHIP, AND AS
A Small but most Sincere Acknowledgement of HIS PRE-EMINENT SERVICES
IN BEHALF OF THE RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES
OF AN
AFFLICTED, DESPISED AND DEEPLY OUTRAGED PEOPLE, BY RANKING SLAVERY
WITH PIRACY AND MURDER, AND BY
DENYING IT EITHER A LEGAL OR CONSTITUTIONAL EXISTENCE,
This Volume is Respectfully Dedicated, BY HIS FAITHFUL AND FIRMLY
ATTACHED FRIEND,
FREDERICK DOUGLASS. ROCHESTER, N.Y.
Dedication of Douglass' My Bondage and My
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