On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
I was about as hard to please by a master, as a master is by slave.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “I was about as hard to please by a master, as a master is by slave.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass humorously asserts his unyielding spirit and desire for autonomy, comparing his dissatisfaction with masters to a master's dissatisfaction with a slave.
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