On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
It was to me the starting-point of a new existence.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It was to me the starting-point of a new existence.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass describes his first paid work as a free man as the foundational moment for his new life.
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