On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
Her grave is, as the grave of the dead at sea, unmarked, and without stone or stake.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Her grave is, as the grave of the dead at sea, unmarked, and without stone or stake.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass laments that his mother's grave, like those of the dead at sea, remains unmarked, symbolizing the anonymity and dehumanization of enslaved people.
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