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1  The truth was, that he had not whipped me at all.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X
2  He was said to own a thousand slaves, and I think this estimate quite within the truth.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III
3  The truth was, I felt myself a slave, and the idea of speaking to white people weighed me down.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XI
4  The moral which I gained from the dialogue was the power of truth over the conscience of even a slaveholder.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VII
5  This is the penalty of telling the truth, of telling the simple truth, in answer to a series of plain questions.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III
6  They suppress the truth rather than take the consequences of telling it, and in so doing prove themselves a part of the human family.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III
7  The very decided manner with which he spoke, and strove to impress his wife with the evil consequences of giving me instruction, served to convince me that he was deeply sensible of the truths he was uttering.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VI