On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
You move merrily before the gentle gale, and I sadly before the bloody whip!
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “You move merrily before the gentle gale, and I sadly before the bloody whip!”
Editor's note · Context
In a soliloquy addressed to the ships on the Chesapeake Bay, Douglass contrasts their joyful movement with his own suffering under the whip.
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