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1  He exhorted me to content myself, and be obedient.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XI
2  I have found that, to make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X
3  He seemed to see fully the pressing necessity of setting aside my intellectual nature, in order to contentment in slavery.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XI
4  At this trespass, Mr. Bondly took offence, and with his musket came down to the shore, and blew its deadly contents into the poor old man.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV
5  He was ambitious enough to be contented with nothing short of the highest rank of overseers, and persevering enough to reach the height of his ambition.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV
6  At times we were almost disposed to give up, and try to content ourselves with our wretched lot; at others, we were firm and unbending in our determination to go.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X
7  But, by this time, I began to want to live upon free land as well as with Freeland; and I was no longer content, therefore, to live with him or any other slaveholder.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X
8  I have often been utterly astonished, since I came to the north, to find persons who could speak of the singing, among slaves, as evidence of their contentment and happiness.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER II
9  It is partly in consequence of such facts, that slaves, when inquired of as to their condition and the character of their masters, almost universally say they are contented, and that their masters are kind.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III
10  The singing of a man cast away upon a desolate island might be as appropriately considered as evidence of contentment and happiness, as the singing of a slave; the songs of the one and of the other are prompted by the same emotion.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER II