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I learned that men went from New Bedford to Baltimore, and bought old ships, and brought them here to repair, and made them better and more valuable than they ever were before.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “I learned that men went from New Bedford to Baltimore, and bought old ships, and brought them here to repair, and made…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass describes the entrepreneurial spirit of men in New Bedford who improved old ships, reflecting the industrious nature of free labor.
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