tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post1835484231211521442..comments2023-10-12T07:13:01.637-04:00Comments on The American Literary Blog: Douglass: murder, robbery, inciting insurrectionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-75063856786001529502012-11-13T08:53:23.235-05:002012-11-13T08:53:23.235-05:00If you read the full text in his autobiography, Do...If you read the full text in his autobiography, Douglass goes on and on about being a coward (this is only a small excerpt). I found it somewhat shocking - unless it was meant ironically.Rob Velellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284492589098267999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-5648231216576838072012-11-13T08:10:10.290-05:002012-11-13T08:10:10.290-05:00Maybe Douglass was a coward in the face of physica...Maybe Douglass was a coward in the face of physical struggle, but he was no coward in the full sense of the word, and I think he was truly aware of it. He knew that his pen was mightier than his sword. <br /><br />Harriet Tubman had intended to accompany Brown in his raid, but came down very sick.<br /><br />Makes you wonder how history might have turned, had she been well enough to go.Brass Castle Artshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08405609863884186748noreply@blogger.com