In
contrast, when he went to England to raise funds for the
movement, he was struck by the fact that he could go any place,
including places frequented by the aristocracy, and be accepted
as a man. He said that wherever he went in England he could
always identify an American because his race prejudice clung
to him like clothing. While in England, abolitionists
raised funds which allowed him to purchase his freedom.
When he returned to America, Douglass settled in Rochester, New
York, where he began publication of "The North Star". Rochester was a
thriving city on the Erie Canal, and, because it also had a
port on Lake Ontario, it became an important terminal on
the Underground Railroad. While many runaways settled in
Rochester, others boarded steamers for Canada where they would be
beyond the reach of the law. Douglass came to play an important
role on the Underground Railroad, in the life of Rochester and,
through "The North Star", among Northern freedmen. Garrison felt
double-crossed when his most important cohort in the
Afro-American community struck out on his own.
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