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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
Frederick Douglass
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Frederick Douglass
Age: 77 †
Born: 1818
Born: February 14
Died: 1895
Died: February 20
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I have no protection at home, or resting place abroad. ... I am an outcast from the society of my childhood, and an outlaw in the land of my birth. I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were.
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Slaves were expected to sing as well as to work. A silent slave was not liked, either by masters or overseers.
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