Frederick Douglass: “The thought of such a separation, where the hope of ever meeting again…”

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The thought of such a separation, where the hope of ever meeting again is excluded, and where there can be no correspondence, is very painful.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass expresses the deep emotional pain of separation from loved ones.

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