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He now knew what the nature of the case was; a slave escaping from her chains—a young woman, a sister—escaping from the bondage in which she had been held.
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Frederick Douglass
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This quote illustrates the desperate plight of an enslaved woman attempting to escape, highlighting the urgency and danger of her situation.
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