On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
It was almost compensation for my suffering to witness, once more, a manifestation of kindness from this, my once affectionate old mistress.
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Frederick Douglass
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Douglass reflects on the emotional significance of a moment of compassion from his former mistress after he was brutally beaten.
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