On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
The rigors of a field, less tolerable than the field of battle, awaited me.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The rigors of a field, less tolerable than the field of battle, awaited me.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass describes the harshness of the labor he was about to face, comparing it to the extreme conditions of war.
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