On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
You will be free as soon as you are twenty-one, but I am a slave for life!
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “You will be free as soon as you are twenty-one, but I am a slave for life!”
Editor's note · Context
In his autobiography, Douglass recounts his childhood realization of the stark difference between his permanent enslavement and the eventual freedom of white children.
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