Frederick Douglass: “It is difficult for a freeman to enter into the feelings of such…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

It is difficult for a freeman to enter into the feelings of such fugitives.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass highlights the challenge for those who have never experienced slavery to truly comprehend the emotional state of a fugitive.

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