Frederick Douglass: “He had not, in all the scuffle, drawn a single drop of blood from me.”

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He had not, in all the scuffle, drawn a single drop of blood from me.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass emphasizes the physical aspect of his struggle, asserting that he was not harmed despite the conflict.

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