On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
They were property, so was I; they were to be broken, so was I.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “They were property, so was I; they were to be broken, so was I.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass reflects on the dehumanizing experience of slavery by comparing his own condition to that of the oxen he was tasked with breaking.
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