On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
I believed I should get enough to eat at Covey’s, even if I suffered in other respects, and this to a hungry man is not a prospect to be regarded with indifference.
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Frederick Douglass
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Reflecting on his transfer to Edward Covey's farm, Douglass explains the powerful motivation of hunger in a slave's life.
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