On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
My feet have been so cracked with the frost, that the pen with which I am writing might be laid in the gashes.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “My feet have been so cracked with the frost, that the pen with which I am writing might be laid in the gashes.”
Editor's note · Context
In his autobiography, Douglass uses a striking image to convey the severe physical damage his feet sustained from frostbite during his enslaved childhood.
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