(A collage poem constructed from excerpts of the writings of Frederick Douglass and various news article headlines.)

Indeed, it is not uncommon for slaves even to fall out and quarrel among themselves                       

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about the relative goodness of their masters,  

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each contending for the superior goodness of his own over that of the others.            

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They seemed to think that the greatness of their masters was transferable to themselves.            

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It was considered as being bad enough to be a slave;             

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but to be a poor man’s slave was deemed a disgrace indeed!            

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