“ Nature does not make your existence depend upon me, or mine to depend upon yours. ”
Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom (1855). copy citation
Author | Frederick Douglass |
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Source | My Bondage and My Freedom |
Topic | existence |
Date | 1855 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/202/202-h/202-h.htm |
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“you are yourself; we are two distinct persons, equal persons. What you are, I am. You are a man, and so am I. God created both, and made us separate beings. I am not by nature bond to you, or you to me. Nature does not make your existence depend upon me, or mine to depend upon yours. I cannot walk upon your legs, or you upon mine. I cannot breathe for you, or you for me; I must breathe for myself, and you for yourself. We are distinct persons, and are each equally provided with faculties necessary to our individual existence.”
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