On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
It is not probable that any open attempt to secure me as a slave could have succeeded, further than the obtainment, by my master, of the money value of my bones and sinews.
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Frederick Douglass
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From his autobiography, reflecting on the legal and economic implications of his status as a runaway slave.
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