Douglass and Resilience – Nick Dufont

Part A:


“As 
I 
writhed
 under
 it,
 I
 would 
at 
times 
feel
that 
learning 
to
 read 
had 
been 
a 
curse
rather
 than 
a
 blessing. 
It 
had
 given 
me 
a
view 
of 
my 
wretched 
condition, 
without
the
 remedy. 
It 
opened 


Douglass and Resilience – Anthony Clement

“The
 silver
 trump
 of
 freedom
 had
 roused
 my
 soul
 to
 eternal
 wakefulness. Freedom
 now 
appeared, 
to 
disappear 
no
 more 
forever. 
It 
was 
heard 
in
 every
sound, 
and
 seen 
in 
every
thing. 
It 
was
 ever
 present
 to 
torment
 me
 with
 a 
…