Frederick Douglass: “But regrets, especially in a slave, are unavailing.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

But regrets, especially in a slave, are unavailing.

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Frederick Douglass

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Reflecting on his forced separation from friends, Douglass observes the futility of personal feelings for an enslaved person.

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