Frederick Douglass: “Once awakened by the silver trump of knowledge, my spirit was roused…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

Once awakened by the silver trump of knowledge, my spirit was roused to eternal wakefulness.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass uses a vivid metaphor to describe how the acquisition of knowledge permanently awakened his spirit to the injustices of slavery.

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