On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
If, however, I found in my new home hardship, hunger, whipping, and nakedness, I had the consolation that I should not have escaped any one of them by staying.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “If, however, I found in my new home hardship, hunger, whipping, and nakedness, I had the consolation that I should not…”
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Douglass reflects on his impending move, acknowledging that any future hardships would be no worse than the constant suffering he already endured under slavery.
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