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Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from… — Frederick Douglass

Autobiography and memoir

Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains.

Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass · 1845
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On slave songs.

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Topic
Slave songsSlaveryLiberationMusic
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Time
1845
Person
Frederick Douglass
Provenance
Current citation
Douglass, Frederick. "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass." Frederick Douglass: Autobiographies, edited by Henry Louis Gates. Library of America, 1994, ch. 2.
Original citation
Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845, ch. 2.

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