I have observed this in my experience of slavery, that whenever my con…

Frederick Douglass
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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. ✨ Frederick Douglass (2016). Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, p.160, Frederick Douglass
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