Frederick Douglass: “It is indeed all over with us; we are surely betrayed,” I thought to…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

It is indeed all over with us; we are surely betrayed,” I thought to myself.

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Frederick Douglass

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From his autobiography, this internal thought captures his despair upon realizing their escape plan had been discovered.

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