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Frederick Douglass: “Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context

In his autobiography, Douglass interprets every note of slave songs as an indictment of slavery and a plea for divine liberation.

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