Both Uses of
vigilant
in
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- Secondly, such a statement would most undoubtedly induce greater vigilance on the part of slaveholders than has existed heretofore among them; which would, of course, be the means of guarding a door whereby some dear brother bondman might escape his galling chains.†
Chpt 11vigilance = careful watch
- I was relieved from it by the humane hand of Mr. DAVID RUGGLES, whose vigilance, kindness, and perseverance, I shall never forget.†
Chpt 11 *
Definition:
carefully observant or attentive -- often to possible danger