On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
While on their way, they would make the dense old woods, for miles around, reverberate with their wild songs, revealing at once the highest joy and the deepest sadness.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “While on their way, they would make the dense old woods, for miles around, reverberate with their wild songs, revealing…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass describes the powerful and contradictory emotions expressed through the songs sung by slaves traveling to the Great House Farm.
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