On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
He probably thought I was never better satisfied with my condition, than at the very time I was planning my escape.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “He probably thought I was never better satisfied with my condition, than at the very time I was planning my escape.”
Editor's note · Context
Describing his efforts to conceal his plans for escape, Douglass notes the irony that his master perceived him as content precisely when he was plotting his freedom.
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