On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
It was not my enslavement at the then present time which most affected me; the being a slave for life was the saddest thought.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It was not my enslavement at the then present time which most affected me; the being a slave for life was the saddest…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass explains that the most crushing aspect of his bondage was not his immediate suffering but the grim prospect of being enslaved for his entire life.
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