Frederick Douglass: “I have on my back the marks of the lash; I have four sisters and one…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

I have on my back the marks of the lash; I have four sisters and one brother now under the galling chain.

Said by

Frederick Douglass

Source

Douglass offers a personal testimony of his own experience with slavery and the continued bondage of his family members.

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Frederick Douglass: “I have on my back the marks of the lash; I have four sisters and one brother now under the galling chain.”