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My Bondage and My Freedom quotes

Frederick Douglass

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“The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced.” Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom
“We were closely pinched to bring our wants within our means; but the jail stood over the way, and I had a wholesome dread of the consequences of running in debt.” Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom
“I have often wished myself a beast, or a bird—anything, rather than a slave.” Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom

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