Have courage to stand up to bullies
Summary
- When you stand up to a bully, it may be painful initially but will result in freedom in the end
Details
- Frederick Douglas stood up for himself as a slave and it resulted in him gaining his freedom. 'YOu can kill me but you cannot whip me' was his motto
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Quotes
“The old doctrine that submission is the best cure for outrage and wrong does not hold good on the slave plantation,” Douglass wrote. “He is whipped oftenest who is whipped easiest, and that slave who has the courage to stand up for himself against the overseer, although he may have many hard stripes at the first, becomes in the end a freeman, even though he sustain the formal relation of a slave.”
You can kill me but you can’t whip me became Douglass’s motto. Indeed, he would not be whipped again, becoming as he said, half free the moment he asserted himself. Soon enough, he claimed the rest of his right by braving the slave catchers as he ran away to freedom.
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