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Frederick Douglass: “Grandmammy was, indeed, at that time, all the world to me; and the thought of being separated from her, in any…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
Grandmammy was, indeed, at that time, all the world to me; and the thought of being separated from her, in any considerable time, was more than an unwelcome intruder.
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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass expresses the profound importance of his grandmother in his early life and his dread of separation from her.

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