The insult was keenly felt by my white friends, but to me, it was common, expected, and therefore, a thing of no great consequence, whether I went in the cabin or in the steerage.
Douglass reflects on a discriminatory incident, noting that while his white companions were outraged, he found the prejudice to be a familiar and expected part of his life.
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