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He asked, “Are ye a slave for life?” I told him that I was.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “He asked, “Are ye a slave for life?” I told him that I was.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass recounts a moment of honesty with an Irishman, revealing his status as a slave and the implications of that identity.
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