Escape From Slavery

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Escape From Slavery

By: Frederick Douglass

This powerful passage comes from the autobiography of Frederick Douglass, describing the brutal conditions he endured as an enslaved child. With vivid, heartbreaking detail, he recounts the hunger, exposure, and suffering he faced—often sleeping on a cold, damp floor with only a corn sack for cover. His cracked, frostbitten feet and lack of clothing paint a stark picture of the inhumanity of slavery, making his story one of resilience, truth, and the enduring fight for freedom.

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I suffered much from Hunger, but much more from cold. In hottest summer and coldest winter, I was kept almost naked-no shoes, no stockings, no jacket, no trousers, nothing on but a coarse tow linen shirt, reaching only to my knees. I had no bed, I must have perished with cold, but that, the coldest nights, I used to steal a bag which was used for carrying corn to the mill. I would crawl into this bag, and there sleep on the cold, damp, clay floor, with my head in and feet out. My feet have been so cracked with frost, that the pen with which I am writing might be laid in the gashes.

From Escape from Slavery: The Boyhood of Frederick Douglass in His Own Words

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  • By: Frederick Douglass

  • Pages: 63

  • ISBN: 9781958955161

  • Media: Paperback

  • Reading level: All Grades
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