Frederick Douglass: “In the most boisterous outbursts of rapturous sentiment, there was…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

In the most boisterous outbursts of rapturous sentiment, there was ever a tinge of deep melancholy.

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Frederick Douglass

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Reflecting on the slave songs he heard in his youth, Douglass describes the underlying sadness present even in their most joyful expressions.

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Frederick Douglass: “In the most boisterous outbursts of rapturous sentiment, there was ever a tinge of deep melancholy.”