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Frederick Douglass@frederick-douglass Β· 1845
It was a glorious resurrection, from the tomb of slavery, to the heaven of freedom. My long-crushed spirit rose, cowardice departed, bold defiance took its place; and I now resolved that, however long I might remain a slave in form, the day had passed forever when I could be a slave in fact.
β Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845), Chapter X
19th Century