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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Chapter X, 1845
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This line marks the turning point in Douglass's autobiography—the fight with the slave-breaker Covey from which Douglass emerges with his sense of manhood and determination restored.

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