On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
Baffled and discouraged at times, I had asked myself the question, May not this, after all, be God’s work?
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Baffled and discouraged at times, I had asked myself the question, May not this, after all, be God’s work?”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass reveals in his autobiography the profound spiritual and existential questions he grappled with during moments of despair under slavery.
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