“ Of all consciences let me have those to deal with which have not been bewildered by the cares of life. ”
Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom (1855). copy citation
| Author | Frederick Douglass |
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| Source | My Bondage and My Freedom |
| Topic | conscience life |
| Date | 1855 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/202/202-h/202-h.htm |
Context
“I [122] would, sometimes, say to them, while seated on a curb stone or a cellar door, “ I wish I could be free, as you will be when you get to be men. ” “ You will be free, you know, as soon as you are twenty-one, and can go where you like, but I am a slave for life. Have I not as good a right to be free as you have? ” Of all consciences let me have those to deal with which have not been bewildered by the cares of life. I do not remember ever to have met with a boy, while I was in slavery, who defended the slave system; but I have often had boys to console me, with the hope that something would yet occur, by which I might be made free.”
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