Nevertheless, I sometimes got full meals and kind words from sympathizing old slaves, who knew my sufferings, and received the comforting assurance that I should be a man some day.
Douglass reflects on moments of solace and encouragement he received from older enslaved people, who offered him hope for a better future.
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It had no interest in recognizing or preserving any of the ties that bind families together or to their homes.
It was perhaps better for the country and for mankind that the good man could not know the end from the beginning.