Frederick Douglass: “He threw my thoughts into a channel from which they have never…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

He threw my thoughts into a channel from which they have never entirely diverged.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass describes how Uncle Lawson's teachings fundamentally shaped his intellectual and moral trajectory for life.

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Frederick Douglass: “He threw my thoughts into a channel from which they have never entirely diverged.”