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Held to a strict account, and kept under a close watch—the old suspicion of my running away not having been entirely removed—escape from slavery, even in Baltimore, was very difficult.
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Frederick Douglass
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He describes the challenges of escaping slavery due to constant surveillance and suspicion.
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