What was the main difference between Frederick Douglass and the abolitionists Fanny Kemble, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and William Lloyd Garrison?

The other abolitionists had no firsthand knowledge.

Douglass had been a slave himself.

The other abolitionists were better writers.

Douglass had no firsthand experience of slavery.
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The main difference between Frederick Douglass and the abolitionists Fanny Kemble, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and William Lloyd Garrison is that Douglass had been a slave himself. This firsthand experience informed his views, speeches, and writings on slavery, making his perspective unique among many abolitionists who did not have direct experience with the institution of slavery.