Frederick Douglass: “I was ready for any thing rather than separation.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1845

I was ready for any thing rather than separation.

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Frederick Douglass

Source

From his autobiography, this reveals his deep-seated fear of being separated from his companions, a common terror for enslaved individuals.

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