On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Upon either side we saw grim death, assuming a variety of horrid shapes.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Upon either side we saw grim death, assuming a variety of horrid shapes.”
Editor's note · Context
Describing the overwhelming sense of peril and the many forms of death that threatened enslaved people whether they stayed or attempted escape.
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