On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
The truth was, I felt myself a slave, and the idea of speaking to white people weighed me down.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The truth was, I felt myself a slave, and the idea of speaking to white people weighed me down.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass explains the deep-seated psychological barrier he faced when first asked to address white audiences, stemming from his identity as a slave.
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