Read this excerpt from The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. The silver trump of freedom had roused my soul to eterna
l wakefulness. Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever. It was heard in every sound, and seen in every thing. It was ever present to torment me with a sense of my wretched condition. I saw nothing without seeing it, I heard nothing without hearing it, and felt nothing without feeling it. It looked from every star, it smiled in every calm, breathed in every wind, and moved in every storm. What inference can be drawn about Douglass in this excerpt
As per the details provided in the excerpt, the deduction which can be made about Douglass is that 'he couldn't disregard the appeal to freedom.' The descriptions like 'silver trump of freedom...roused my soul...to disappear no more forever' substantiates the deduction. He says that this feeling was always present to take him out of his miserable situation. Now, he began to hear this rhythm of freedom in every minute thing and he could feel it even in the stars, storm, wind, and calm. Thus, this shows that he couldn't sideline this interest in freedom.
The speaker is lonely and distanced from the rest of society, which is why he did not speak out. The speaker regrets not speaking out because he was not being targeted and ignored those who were.
