Frederick Douglass: “From my earliest recollections of serious matters, I date the…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

From my earliest recollections of serious matters, I date the entertainment of something like an ineffaceable conviction, that slavery would not always be able to hold me within its foul embrace; and this conviction, like a word of living faith, strengthened me through the darkest trials of my lot.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass reflects on his earliest memories, identifying a deep-seated conviction that he would eventually escape the bonds of slavery.

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Frederick Douglass: “From my earliest recollections of serious matters, I date the entertainment of something like an ineffaceable…”

Editor's note · Context