On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
Their apparent joy only deepened the shades of my sorrow.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Their apparent joy only deepened the shades of my sorrow.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass reflects on how the perceived happiness of free birds intensified his own feelings of sorrow and enslavement.
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