On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
This very bay shall yet bear me into freedom.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “This very bay shall yet bear me into freedom.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass declares his resolute intention to use the Chesapeake Bay, which once symbolized his confinement, as his path to freedom.
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