On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
In leaving you, I took nothing but what belonged to me, and in no way lessened your means for obtaining an honest living.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “In leaving you, I took nothing but what belonged to me, and in no way lessened your means for obtaining an honest…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass defends his escape from slavery by asserting that he took nothing that was not his own and did not diminish his former enslaver's livelihood.
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