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You are loosed from your moorings, and are free; I am fast in my chains, and am a slave! You move merrily before the gentle gale, and I sadly before the bloody whip!Read in Books4Free →
Apostrophe to the Ships on Chesapeake Bay
From Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
While suffering under Covey, Douglass watches sailboats on Chesapeake Bay and delivers a famous soliloquy contrasting their freedom with his bondage.
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