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It is so important to read the accounts of real people in real times. The fact that this firsthand account of a life from slavery to freedom was retained is so important. A lot to process, but important to know and face the horrors of slavery.

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Without stories like hers, America wouldn't be nearly as much the "land of the free" as we claim it to be. The voice of a woman who lived, breathed, and fought alongside the likes of Frederick Douglass is powerful and important to retain and keep telling. 

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