On the record
Auld evidently regarded me simply as a child, like any other child; she had not come to regard me as property.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Auld evidently regarded me simply as a child, like any other child; she had not come to regard me as property.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass emphasizes that his mistress initially viewed him as a child rather than property, illustrating the potential for compassion in human relationships.
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