On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
We could see no spot, this side of the ocean, where we could be free.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “We could see no spot, this side of the ocean, where we could be free.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass expresses the profound despair and limited options for freedom that he and other enslaved people felt within the United States.
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