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By the combined physical force of the community, I am his slave—a slave for life.” With thoughts like these, I was perplexed and chafed; they rendered me gloomy and disconsolate.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
Douglass conveys the psychological turmoil of being enslaved, feeling trapped and powerless under the control of another.
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