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1 I told him as well as I could, for I scarce had strength to speak.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER X
2 He was admitted to be such by all I ever heard speak of my parentage.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER I
3 While in this state of mind, I was eager to hear any one speak of slavery.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER VII
4 Coffin, a gentleman who had heard me speak in the colored people's meeting at New Bedford.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER XI
5 The truth was, I felt myself a slave, and the idea of speaking to white people weighed me down.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER XI
6 If they have any thing to say of their masters, it is generally in their masters' favor, especially when speaking to an untried man.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER III
7 Thus I used to think, and thus I used to speak to myself; goaded almost to madness at one moment, and at the next reconciling myself to my wretched lot.
The Narrative of the LifeBy 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 LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER II
9 I was afraid to speak to any one for fear of speaking to the wrong one, and thereby falling into the hands of money-loving kidnappers, whose business it was to lie in wait for the panting fugitive, as the ferocious beasts of the forest lie in wait for their prey.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER XI
10 I was afraid to speak to any one for fear of speaking to the wrong one, and thereby falling into the hands of money-loving kidnappers, whose business it was to lie in wait for the panting fugitive, as the ferocious beasts of the forest lie in wait for their prey.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER XI