Frederick Douglass: “For my own part, I had now become altogether too big for my chains.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

For my own part, I had now become altogether too big for my chains.

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Frederick Douglass

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From his autobiography, Douglass reflects on his personal growth and increasing resolve to escape the bonds of slavery.

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