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compelling arguments for the moral justification of violent resistance to slavery, and felt that
death in resistance was superior to life in obeisance . 3"
Frederick Douglas, the most outspoken and well-known abolitionist, also heralded
self-defense, even though he abided by Garrisonian principles of nonviolence and challenged
Garnet's militancy. He suggested that carrying guns would be a good practice to adopt as it
would give blacks a better sense of their own manhood . When presented with a large cane in
1853, Douglas noted that "a good stick" could be as useful as a good speech "and often
more effective"
There arc among the children of men, and 1 have gained the fact from personal
observation, to be found representatives of all the animal world, from the most savage
and ferocious to the most gentle and docile . Everything must be dealt with according
to its kind . What will do for the Lamb will not do for the Tiger. A man would be
foolish if he attempted to bail out a leaking boat with the Bible, or to extinguish a
raging fire by throwing in a Prayer Book . Equally foolish would he look if he
attempted to soften a slave-catcher's heart without