On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
From that time, I resolved that I would some day run away.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “From that time, I resolved that I would some day run away.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass recounts the moment he resolved to escape slavery after learning about the existence of free states.
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