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Frederick Douglass: “They turned us loose to the open sky and left us not a foot of ground from which to get a crust of bread.”

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They turned us loose to the open sky and left us not a foot of ground from which to get a crust of bread.
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Frederick Douglass

Editor's note · Context

This quote expresses the abandonment felt by freed individuals after emancipation, emphasizing their dire circumstances.

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