On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Covey succeeded in breaking me--in body, soul, and spirit.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Covey succeeded in breaking me--in body, soul, and spirit.”
Editor's note · Context
In his autobiography, Douglass describes the profound and devastating impact of the brutal slave breaker Covey, who nearly destroyed his will and spirit.
Share
More from Frederick Douglass
Jan 1, 1881
For the moment the northern lamb was transformed into a lion, and his roar was terrible.
Jan 1, 1881
We (the people of the North) are a charitable people, and in the excess of this feeling we were disposed to put the very best construction upon the strange behavior of our southern brethren.
Jan 1, 1881
The father might be a white man, glorying in the purity of his Anglo-Saxon blood, and his child ranked with the blackest slaves.