On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
This we did by begging and stealing, whichever came handy in the time of need, the one being considered as legitimate as the other.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
In his autobiography, Douglass explains how the extreme deprivation of food forced enslaved people to resort to begging and stealing for survival.
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