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Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Frederick Douglass
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A memoir on the life of Frederick Douglass during his time in Lynn, Massachusetts recounting his life as a slave and ambition to become a free man.
Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Frederick Douglass
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English
A memoir on the life of Frederick Douglass during his time in Lynn, Massachusetts recounting his life as a slave and ambition to become a free man.
PREFACE
In the month of August, 1841, I attended an anti-slavery convention in Nantucket...
LETTER FROM WENDELL PHILLIPS
My Dear Friend: You remember the old fable of “The Man and the Lion,” where the lion complained that he should not be so misrepresented “when the lions...
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Frederick Douglass was born in slavery as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey near Easton in Talbot County, Maryland. He was not sure of the exact year...
CHAPTER 1
I was born in Tuckahoe, near Hillsborough, and about twelve miles from Easton, in Talbot county, Maryland. I have no accurate knowledge of my age...
CHAPTER 2
My master’s family consisted of two sons, Andrew and Richard; one daughter, Lucretia, and her husband, Captain Thomas Auld. They lived in one house, upon the home plantation...
CHAPTER 3
Colonel Lloyd kept a large and finely cultivated garden, which afforded almost constant employment for four men, besides the chief gardener...
CHAPTER 4
Mr. Hopkins remained but a short time in the office of overseer. Why his career was so short, I do not know, but suppose he lacked the necessary severity to suit...
CHAPTER 5
As to my own treatment while I lived on Colonel Lloyd’s plantation, it was very similar to that of the other slave children. I was not old enough to work in the field, and there being little else than field work...
CHAPTER 6
My new mistress proved to be all she appeared when I first met her at the door,—a woman of the kindest heart and finest feelings. She had never had a slave under her control...
CHAPTER 7
I lived in Master Hugh’s family about seven years. During this time, I succeeded in learning to read and write. In accomplishing this, I was compelled to resort to various...
CHAPTER 8
In a very short time after I went to live at Baltimore, my old master’s youngest son Richard died; and in about three years and six months after his death, my old master, Captain Anthony, died...
