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1  I had the strongest desire to see Baltimore.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
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2  We sailed out of Miles River for Baltimore on a Saturday morning.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
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3  I left Baltimore with a young heart overborne with sadness, and a soul full of apprehension.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
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4  There were a number of slave children that might have been sent from the plantation to Baltimore.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
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5  Even the Great House itself, with all its pictures, was far inferior to many buildings in Baltimore.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
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6  We arrived at Baltimore early on Sunday morning, landing at Smith's Wharf, not far from Bowley's Wharf.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
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7  Going to live at Baltimore laid the foundation, and opened the gateway, to all my subsequent prosperity.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
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8  I was absent from Baltimore, for the purpose of valuation and division, just about one month, and it seemed to have been six.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
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9  Thanks to a kind Providence, I fell to the portion of Mrs. Lucretia, and was sent immediately back to Baltimore, to live again in the family of Master Hugh.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
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10  I had resided but a short time in Baltimore before I observed a marked difference, in the treatment of slaves, from that which I had witnessed in the country.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
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11  These were esteemed very highly by the other slaves, and looked upon as the privileged ones of the plantation; for it was no small affair, in the eyes of the slaves, to be allowed to see Baltimore.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
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12  These were raised in great abundance; so that, with the products of this and the other farms belonging to him, he was able to keep in almost constant employment a large sloop, in carrying them to market at Baltimore.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
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13  I could never point out any thing at the Great House, no matter how beautiful or powerful, but that he had seen something at Baltimore far exceeding, both in beauty and strength, the object which I pointed out to him.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
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14  In a very short time after I went to live at Baltimore, my old master's youngest son Richard died; and in about three years and six months after his death, my old master, Captain Anthony, died, leaving only his son, Andrew, and daughter, Lucretia, to share his estate.
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15  I spent the time in washing, not so much because I wished to, but because Mrs. Lucretia had told me I must get all the dead skin off my feet and knees before I could go to Baltimore; for the people in Baltimore were very cleanly, and would laugh at me if I looked dirty.
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16  If a slave was convicted of any high misdemeanor, became unmanageable, or evinced a determination to run away, he was brought immediately here, severely whipped, put on board the sloop, carried to Baltimore, and sold to Austin Woolfolk, or some other slave-trader, as a warning to the slaves remaining.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
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17  It is possible, and even quite probable, that but for the mere circumstance of being removed from that plantation to Baltimore, I should have to-day, instead of being here seated by my own table, in the enjoyment of freedom and the happiness of home, writing this Narrative, been confined in the galling chains of slavery.
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