Frederick Douglass: “I considered him as getting entirely the worst end of the bargain; for…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1845

I considered him as getting entirely the worst end of the bargain; for he had drawn no blood from me, but I had from him.

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Frederick Douglass

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Reflecting on his fight with the enslaver Covey, Douglass assesses the shift in power and the personal victory he achieved.

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