Frederick Douglass: “We are left to gather his feelings by imagining what ours would be…”

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We are left to gather his feelings by imagining what ours would be, were our souls in his soul’s stead.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass suggests that to comprehend the enslaved person's feelings, one must imagine themselves in their position.

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Frederick Douglass: “We are left to gather his feelings by imagining what ours would be, were our souls in his soul’s stead.”