On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
We were one; and as much so by our tempers and dispositions, as by the mutual hardships to which we were necessarily subjected by our condition as slaves.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “We were one; and as much so by our tempers and dispositions, as by the mutual hardships to which we were necessarily…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass reflects on the deep unity and shared identity that bound him and his fellow enslaved people together.
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