Frederick Douglass: “I must have perished with cold, but that, the coldest nights, I used…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1845

I must have perished with cold, but that, the coldest nights, I used to steal a bag which was used for carrying corn to the mill.

Said by

Frederick Douglass

Source

In his autobiography, Douglass recounts the extreme measures he took to survive the brutal cold as a child slave.

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Frederick Douglass: “I must have perished with cold, but that, the coldest nights, I used to steal a bag which was used for carrying corn to…”