Its geography, climate, fertility, and products, are such as to make it a very desirable abode for any man; and but for the existence of slavery there, it is not impossible that I might again take up my abode in that state.
Douglass reflects on the potential of Maryland as a place to live, if not for the presence of slavery.
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