Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave re…

Frederick Douglass
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Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. 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. ✨ Frederick Douglass (1994). Autobiographies, p.24, Library of America
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Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. 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. ✨ Frederick Douglass (1994). Autobiographies, p.24, Library of America

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