Instead of the bright, blue sky of America, I am covered with the soft…

Frederick Douglass
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Instead of the bright, blue sky of America, I am covered with the soft, grey fog of the Emerald Isle. I breathe, and lo! the chattel becomes a man. ✨ Frederick Douglass (2013). The Complete Autobiographies of Frederick Douglass, p.262, Simon and Schuster
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