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“I went at it in good earnest, working for the first time with the hope of reward.
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From Chapter V of Douglass’s autobiographical narrative. His reflections on learning, dignity, and human connection belong to his account of enslavement and the struggle for freedom.
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Source: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave , Chapter V
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