Young Frederick Douglass as a sailor, escaping to freedom in New York
Later in life, after the shows, and speeches, and politicians, and appointments. Quoted about the stormy seas and struggles. The courage to take extreme risks to change his stars. Think of the many talented who took the same risks and fell victim to the teeth of this evil system of judging people for something they had absolutely no control over. Did you get to chose your race, when you were a fetus?