Frederick Douglass: “I was now about twelve years old, and the thought of being a slave for…”

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I was now about twelve years old, and the thought of being a slave for life began to bear heavily upon my heart.

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Frederick Douglass

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He reflects on the heavy burden of knowing he would be enslaved for life.

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Frederick Douglass: “I was now about twelve years old, and the thought of being a slave for life began to bear heavily upon my heart.”