“ I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingered about my eye died; the dark night of slavery closed in upon me; and behold a man transformed into a brute! ”
Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845). copy citation
Author | Frederick Douglass |
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Source | Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave |
Topic | slavery spirit brutality intellect |
Date | 1845 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/23/23-h/23-h.htm |