Frederick Douglass: “It may be that my misery in slavery will only increase my happiness…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1845

It may be that my misery in slavery will only increase my happiness when I get free.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass contemplates the potential for his present suffering in slavery to amplify his future joy in freedom.

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Frederick Douglass: “It may be that my misery in slavery will only increase my happiness when I get free.”