On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
My home was charmless; it was not home to me; on parting from it, I could not feel that I was leaving any thing which I could have enjoyed by staying.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “My home was charmless; it was not home to me; on parting from it, I could not feel that I was leaving any thing which I…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass describes the emotional emptiness of his childhood dwelling, emphasizing that the institution of slavery denied him a true sense of home.
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