On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
They received me as a man and a brother, when I was new from the house of bondage, and had few of the graces derived from free and refined society.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “They received me as a man and a brother, when I was new from the house of bondage, and had few of the graces derived…”
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Douglass recounts the warm reception and acceptance he received from abolitionists in Rhode Island shortly after his escape from slavery.
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