On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
After thus fairly annihilating me, and arousing himself by his eloquence, he fiercely demanded what I wished him to do in the case!
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “After thus fairly annihilating me, and arousing himself by his eloquence, he fiercely demanded what I wished him to do…”
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Douglass describes his master's aggressive and rhetorical dismissal of his suffering, culminating in a defiant challenge.
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