On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
They breathed the prayer and complaint of souls overflowing with the bitterest anguish.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “They breathed the prayer and complaint of souls overflowing with the bitterest anguish.”
Editor's note · Context
Describing the profound emotional content of slave songs, Douglass explains they were expressions of deep suffering and spiritual lament.
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