On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
You are freedom’s swift-winged angels, that fly round the world; I am confined in bands of iron!
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “You are freedom’s swift-winged angels, that fly round the world; I am confined in bands of iron!”
Editor's note · Context
In a soliloquy addressed to the ships on the Chesapeake Bay, Douglass contrasts their boundless freedom with his own physical confinement.
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