On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
It was this everlasting thinking of my condition that tormented me.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It was this everlasting thinking of my condition that tormented me.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass identifies the relentless mental burden of constantly reflecting on his enslaved state as the primary source of his suffering.
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