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1  My city life, he said, had had a very pernicious effect upon me.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  A city slave is almost a freeman, compared with a slave on the plantation.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  He wished to know how I dared go out of the city without asking his permission.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XI
4  Such was, and such remains, the state of things in the Christian city of Baltimore.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X
5  His stable and carriage-house presented the appearance of some of our large city livery establishments.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III
6  In my new employment, I found myself even more awkward than a country boy appeared to be in a large city.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X
7  Every city slaveholder is anxious to have it known of him, that he feeds his slaves well; and it is due to them to say, that most of them do give their slaves enough to eat.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VI
8  I then had to regret that I did not at least make the attempt to carry out my resolution to run away; for the chances of success are tenfold greater from the city than from the country.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VIII
9  After a patient waiting, I got one of our city papers, containing an account of the number of petitions from the north, praying for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, and of the slave trade between the States.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VII