On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
It cannot be that I shall live and die a slave.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It cannot be that I shall live and die a slave.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass expresses his profound conviction that he will not accept a life and death in bondage.
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