Frederick Douglass: “Knowledge had come; light had penetrated the moral dungeon where I…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

Knowledge had come; light had penetrated the moral dungeon where I dwelt; and, behold! there lay the bloody whip, for my back, and here was the iron chain; and my good, kind master, he was the author of my situation.

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Frederick Douglass

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Editor's note · Context

Douglass describes how the acquisition of knowledge illuminated the brutal reality of his enslavement and the true nature of his master.

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Frederick Douglass: “Knowledge had come; light had penetrated the moral dungeon where I dwelt; and, behold! there lay the bloody whip, for my…”

Editor's note · Context