Frederick Douglass: “I cared very little into whose hands I fell—I meant to fight my way.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

I cared very little into whose hands I fell—I meant to fight my way.

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Frederick Douglass

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Reflecting on his transfer to a new master, Douglass asserts his determination to resist the dehumanizing system of slavery.

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