On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
May the reader never know what it is to spend such a night as was that to me, which heralded my return to the den of horrors from which I had made a temporary escape.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “May the reader never know what it is to spend such a night as was that to me, which heralded my return to the den of…”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass expresses a wish that readers never experience the terror and despair he felt returning to a brutal situation.
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