I have observed this in my experience of slavery, that whenever my condition was improved, instead of increasing my contentment; it only increased my desire to be free, and set me thinking of plans to gain my freedom.


Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (ed. 1846)

Frederick Douglass Quotes

I have observed this in my experience of slavery, that whenever my condition was improved, instead of increasing my contentment; it only increased my ...

I have observed this in my experience of slavery, that whenever my condition was improved, instead of increasing my contentment; it only increased my ...

I have observed this in my experience of slavery, that whenever my condition was improved, instead of increasing my contentment; it only increased my ...

I have observed this in my experience of slavery, that whenever my condition was improved, instead of increasing my contentment; it only increased my ...