On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
The clanking of fetters and the rattling of chains in the prison, and the pious psalm and solemn prayer in the church, may be heard at the same time.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The clanking of fetters and the rattling of chains in the prison, and the pious psalm and solemn prayer in the church…”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, this passage creates a stark auditory image of the simultaneous existence of religious worship and the brutal reality of slavery.
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