Thursday 28 October 2010

How did Douglass describe his parents in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?

As a slave,
Douglass did not know his parents well.  His father was most likely his master, and his mother
was on a neighboring planation and died when he was still a young boy.


Douglass was frustrated by not being able to tell exactly how old he was, because he
was not sure when he was born.  His experiences with his parents were not much better.


When he first describes his mother, he describes the color of her skin and biographical
details.

My mother was named Harriet Bailey. She was the
daughter of Isaac and Betsey Bailey, both...

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