Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is reliev — Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.

— Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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