On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
I was fast approaching manhood, and year after year had passed, and I was still a slave.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “I was fast approaching manhood, and year after year had passed, and I was still a slave.”
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From his autobiography, Douglass reflects on his growing maturity and the persistent reality of his enslavement.
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