On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
He had grown and become a man: I, though grown to the stature of manhood, must all my life remain a minor--a mere boy.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “He had grown and become a man: I, though grown to the stature of manhood, must all my life remain a minor--a mere boy.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass laments the dehumanizing reality of slavery, which denied him the status of a man despite reaching physical maturity.
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