On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
I felt myself surrounded by so many fiends from perdition.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “I felt myself surrounded by so many fiends from perdition.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, this describes his visceral reaction to being examined by slave traders in jail.
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