Frederick Douglass: “I went at it in good earnest, working for the first time with the hope…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1845

I went at it in good earnest, working for the first time with the hope of reward.

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Frederick Douglass

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Reflecting on his early life as an enslaved person, Douglass describes the profound impact of working with the promise of a reward.

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Frederick Douglass: “I went at it in good earnest, working for the first time with the hope of reward.”