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Frederick douglass quotes about slavery

Frederick Douglass. Frederick Douglass: Forever Free. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. I have found that, to make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken his moral and mental vision, and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.

He must be able to detect no inconsistencies in slavery; he must be made to feel that slavery is right; and he can be brought to that only when he ceased to be a man. But my rapture is soon checked, my joy is soon turned to mourning. When I remember that all is cursed with the infernal actions of slaveholding, robbery and wrong, — when I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten, and that her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing.

Frederick douglass quotes about reading

Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings. My Bondage and My Freedom. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well. The Portable Frederick Douglass. It was heard in every sound and seen in every thing. It was very present to torment me with a sense of my wretched condition.