On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
I would sometimes say to them, I wished I could be as free as they would be when they got to be men.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “I would sometimes say to them, I wished I could be as free as they would be when they got to be men.”
Editor's note · Context
In his autobiography, Douglass recalls conversations with white children where he expressed his deep longing for freedom, comparing his lifelong enslavement to their future liberty.
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