On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
We dreaded that more than any thing this side of death.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “We dreaded that more than any thing this side of death.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass describes the profound fear among enslaved people of being separated from their companions, a fate worse than death itself.
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