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... and in thinking of my life, I almost forgot my liberty.

... and in thinking of my life, I almost forgot my liberty.

Frederick Douglass

Thinking, Liberty

Frederick Douglass (2016). “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”, p.159, Frederick Douglass

From the first I saw no chance of bettering the condition of the freedman until he should cease to be merely a freedman and should become a citizen.

Frederick Douglass

Citizens, Saws, Firsts

Frederick Douglass (1994). “Autobiographies”, p.816, Library of America

This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.

Frederick Douglass

July, May, Rejoice

What to the Slave is the 4th of July?, delivered 4 July 1852

I have often wished myself a beast. I preferred the condition of the meanest reptile to my own. Any thing, no matter what, to get rid of thinking! It was this everlasting thinking of my condition that tormented me. There was no getting rid of it. It was pressed upon me by every object within sight or hearing, animate or inanimate.

Frederick Douglass

Thinking, Sight, Reptiles

Frederick Douglass (2016). “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”, p.81, Frederick Douglass

Going to live at Baltimore laid the foundation, and opened the gateway, to all my subsequent prosperity.

Frederick Douglass

Foundation, Baltimore, Prosperity

Frederick Douglass (2016). “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”, p.68, Frederick Douglass

The day dawns; the morning star is bright upon the horizon! The iron gate of our prison stands half open. One gallant rush from the North will fling it wide open, while four millions of our brothers and sisters shall march out into liberty. The chance is now given you to end in a day the bondage of centuries, and to rise in one bound from social degradation to the place of common equality with all other varieties of men.

Frederick Douglass

Brother, Morning, Stars

Frederick Douglass (2017). “FREDERICK DOUGLASS, AN AMERICAN SLAVE – Astounding Life of One Incredible Man (3 Autobiographies in One Volume): The Most Important African American Leader of the 19th Century: The Escape from Slavery, Life as a World-Renowned Activist against Slavery and Racism & Political Career after the Civil War”, p.740, e-artnow

My great and exceeding joy over these stupendous achievements, especially over the abolition of slavery (which had been the deepest desire and the great labor of my life), was slightly tinged with a feeling of sadness.

Frederick Douglass

Abolition Of Slavery, Desire, Labor

"Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the Present Time".