Frederick Douglass: “The more beautiful and charming were the smiles of nature, the more…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

The more beautiful and charming were the smiles of nature, the more horrible and desolate was my condition.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass describes the painful irony where the beauty of nature only served to highlight the desolation and horror of his enslaved existence.

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Frederick Douglass: “The more beautiful and charming were the smiles of nature, the more horrible and desolate was my condition.”