On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
All efforts, before, to separate myself from the hateful encumbrance, had only seemed to rivet me the more firmly to it.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “All efforts, before, to separate myself from the hateful encumbrance, had only seemed to rivet me the more firmly to it.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass reflects in his autobiography on the frustrating and counterproductive nature of his earlier attempts to break free from slavery.
Share
More from Frederick Douglass
Jan 1, 1881
The vote of the colored man, formerly beaten down and stamped out by intimidation, is now revived, sought, and defended by powerful allies, and this from no transient sentiment of the moment, but from the permanent laws controlling the…
Jan 1, 1881
The nation or people which shall comply with them will rise, and those which violate them will fall, and perhaps will disappear altogether.
Jan 1, 1881
None now denies the ability of the colored race to acquire knowledge of anything which can be communicated to the human understanding by letters.
Jan 1, 1881
They cannot be coaxed or driven to vote with their enemies against their friends.