On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
A life of living death, beset with the innumerable horrors of the cotton field, and the sugar plantation, seemed to be my doom.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “A life of living death, beset with the innumerable horrors of the cotton field, and the sugar plantation, seemed to be…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass expresses his profound despair, anticipating a future of relentless suffering and dehumanization on the brutal cotton and sugar plantations.
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