Frederick Douglass: “I seemed to live in a new world, surrounded by new objects, and to be…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

I seemed to live in a new world, surrounded by new objects, and to be animated by new hopes and desires.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass describes the profound sense of renewal and altered perception he experienced after a spiritual awakening.

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Frederick Douglass: “I seemed to live in a new world, surrounded by new objects, and to be animated by new hopes and desires.”