On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
Crying for joy, and singing for joy, were alike uncommon to me while in the jaws of slavery.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Crying for joy, and singing for joy, were alike uncommon to me while in the jaws of slavery.”
Editor's note · Context
In his autobiography, Douglass states that expressions of joy, whether through crying or singing, were foreign to his experience as a slave.
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