… his voice steady with a defiant poise and power that would capture Britain’s attention for the next two years. … disguised as a sailor, Douglass managed to take a train to New York City, where he met up with his Baltimore sweetheart, … 1830-1861 (New York: Atheneum, 1974), 50. … Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition … …