On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
It rekindled the few expiring embers of freedom, and revived within me a sense of my own manhood.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It rekindled the few expiring embers of freedom, and revived within me a sense of my own manhood.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, this describes the profound personal impact of his physical resistance against his enslaver.
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