On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
The meanest slave was put fully at ease in her presence, and none left without feeling better for having seen her.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgThe meanest slave was put fully at ease in her presence, and none left without feeling better for having seen her.
In his autobiography, Douglass describes the unusually positive and uplifting effect his new mistress had on all enslaved people in her presence.
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