On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
The mere recurrence, even now, afflicts my spirit, and while I am writing these lines, my tears are falling.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The mere recurrence, even now, afflicts my spirit, and while I am writing these lines, my tears are falling.”
Editor's note · Context
Decades after his escape, Douglass describes how the memory of slave songs still deeply affects him, bringing him to tears as he writes.
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