Frederick Douglass: “He was to me a new master, and I to him a new slave.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1845

He was to me a new master, and I to him a new slave.

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Frederick Douglass

Source

Reflecting on his transfer to a new owner, Douglass describes the immediate and dehumanizing shift in their relationship.

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