My Bondage and My Freedom Quotes

“I have often wished myself a beast, or a bird—anything, rather than a slave.”

― Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom

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“We were closely pinched to bring our wants within our means; but the jail stood over the way, and I had a wholesome dread of the consequences of running in debt.”

― Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom

topic:want