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1  I could not tell why I ought to be deprived of the same privilege.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER I
2  This amount I was compelled to make up, or relinquish the privilege of hiring my time.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XI
3  About two months after this, I applied to Master Hugh for the privilege of hiring my time.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XI
4  He is much better fed and clothed, and enjoys privileges altogether unknown to the slave on the plantation.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VI
5  Rain or shine, work or no work, at the end of each week the money must be forthcoming, or I must give up my privilege.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XI
6  Few privileges were esteemed higher, by the slaves of the out-farms, than that of being selected to do errands at the Great House Farm.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER II
7  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
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER II
8  They regarded it as evidence of great confidence reposed in them by their overseers; and it was on this account, as well as a constant desire to be out of the field from under the driver's lash, that they esteemed it a high privilege, one worth careful living for.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER II