The thought of only being a creature of the present and the past was troubling. I longed for a future too, with hope in it. The desire to be free, awakened my determination to act, to think, and to SPEAK.


My Bondage and my Freedom... with an introduction by J. M. Smith (ed. 1855)

Frederick Douglass Quotes

The thought of only being a creature of the present and the past was troubling. I longed for a future too, with hope in it. The desire to be free,...

The thought of only being a creature of the present and the past was troubling. I longed for a future too, with hope in it. The desire to be free,...

The thought of only being a creature of the present and the past was troubling. I longed for a future too, with hope in it. The desire to be free,...

The thought of only being a creature of the present and the past was troubling. I longed for a future too, with hope in it. The desire to be free,...