Frederick Douglass: “I was living among freemen, and was in all respects equal to them by…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

I was living among freemen, and was in all respects equal to them by nature and attainments.

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Frederick Douglass

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From his autobiography, Douglass reflects on his inherent equality with free men while still enslaved.

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