On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
It was the blood-stained gate, the entrance to the hell of slavery, through which I was about to pass.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It was the blood-stained gate, the entrance to the hell of slavery, through which I was about to pass.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass uses a powerful metaphor to describe his first encounter with the brutal reality of slavery, marking his entry into its full horrors.
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