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Frederick Douglass: “Never went there a man to the grave loaded with heavier curses.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
Never went there a man to the grave loaded with heavier curses.
Said by
Frederick Douglass

Editor's note · Context

Douglass concludes his description of a brutal overseer by emphasizing the profound and widespread condemnation that followed him to his grave.

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