Frederick Douglass: “I saw the world in a new light, and my great concern was to have…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

I saw the world in a new light, and my great concern was to have everybody converted.

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Frederick Douglass

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From his autobiography, Douglass describes his spiritual awakening and subsequent desire for universal conversion.

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