On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
My part has been to tell the story of the slave.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “My part has been to tell the story of the slave.”
Editor's note · Context
In the final reflections of his autobiography, Douglass succinctly states his life's mission as chronicling the experience of the enslaved.
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