Frederick Douglass: “It was a terrible reality, and I shall never be able to tell how sadly…”

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It was a terrible reality, and I shall never be able to tell how sadly that thought chafed my young spirit.

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Frederick Douglass

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He conveys the deep emotional turmoil caused by the realization of his lifelong enslavement, a burden that weighed heavily on him.

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Frederick Douglass: “It was a terrible reality, and I shall never be able to tell how sadly that thought chafed my young spirit.”