On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Though I was not a murderer fleeing from justice I felt perhaps quite as miserable as such a criminal.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Though I was not a murderer fleeing from justice I felt perhaps quite as miserable as such a criminal.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass reflects on the profound psychological distress and sense of being hunted he experienced while escaping slavery, comparing it to that of a criminal.
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