Once on the road with an ox team, and seated on the tongue of his cart, with no overseer to look after him, the slave was comparatively free; and, if thoughtful, he had time to think.
In his autobiography, Douglass describes the rare moments of relative freedom and mental space experienced by slaves performing specific tasks away from direct supervision.
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