On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
There are no slaveholders here to rend my heart by snatching them from my arms, or blast a mother’s dearest hopes by tearing them from her bosom.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
Douglass expresses profound relief and gratitude for the safety of his children in freedom, contrasting it with the constant threat of family separation under slavery.
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