Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

according to Douglass, what's ironiic about the slave songs?why would he mention this in his narrative?

according to Douglass, what's ironiic about the slave songs?why would he mention this in his narrative?

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Douglass thought the songs ironic because the slaves would sometimes, "sing the most pathetic sentiment in the most rapturous tone, and the most rapturous sentiment in the most pathetic tone."

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