Which of the following quotes from Frederick Douglass best illustrates his commitment to abolitionism? A. “To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.”

B. “I expose slavery in this country, because to expose it is to kill it. Slavery is one of those monsters of darkness to whom the light of truth is death.”

C. “I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence (disgust).”

D. “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”