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Frederick Douglass Quote - Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.

Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.

Frederick Douglass

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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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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.
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