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Frederick Douglass: “The wretchedness of slavery, and the blessedness of freedom, were perpetually before me.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
The wretchedness of slavery, and the blessedness of freedom, were perpetually before me.
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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass reflects on the stark contrast between his enslaved condition and the ideal of liberty that drove his actions.

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