Frederick Douglass: “My sufferings, as I remember them now, seem like a dream rather than a…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

My sufferings, as I remember them now, seem like a dream rather than a stern reality.

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Frederick Douglass

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In his autobiography, Douglass reflects on the profound and almost surreal nature of the suffering he endured under slavery.

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