On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
Why do you tremble,” he says to the slave “you are in a free state;” but the difficulty is, in realizing that he is in a free state, the slave might reply.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
Douglass illustrates the psychological disconnect between a freeman's perception of safety and a fugitive slave's lingering fear, even in a free state.
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