On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
At times I would rise up, a flash of energetic freedom would dart through my soul, accompanied with a faint beam of hope, that flickered for a moment, and then vanished.
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Frederick Douglass
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Douglass reflects on the intermittent but powerful surges of hope for freedom that would briefly ignite within him, only to be extinguished by the harsh realities of his enslaved condition.
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