Frederick Douglass: “I have no protection at home, or resting-place abroad.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

I have no protection at home, or resting-place abroad.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass expresses his profound sense of homelessness and lack of security, highlighting his precarious position both in America and internationally.

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