The life of Frederick Douglass
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Frederick Douglass was an emancipated slave who passed from one master to another until he
finally found the satisfaction of being his own; he went through almost as many names as
masters. His mother's family name, traceable at least as far back as 1701 (FD, 5) was
Bailey, the name he bore until his flight to freedom in 1838. His father may or may not
have been a white man named Anthony, but Douglass never firmly validated or
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of many names to the adult named Frederick Douglass, in revealing songs of happiness to be ones of woe, and 'singing' those songs so that all could hear, this gifted man helped America come to terms with slavery as it really was. Bibliography 1. Douglass, Frederick. 'Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave'. Norton Anthology of American Literature, 4th edition, vol.I. 2. Sundquist, Eric. 'Introduction to Frederick Douglass: New Literary and Historical Essays'.
of many names to the adult named Frederick Douglass, in revealing songs of happiness to be ones of woe, and 'singing' those songs so that all could hear, this gifted man helped America come to terms with slavery as it really was. Bibliography 1. Douglass, Frederick. 'Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave'. Norton Anthology of American Literature, 4th edition, vol.I. 2. Sundquist, Eric. 'Introduction to Frederick Douglass: New Literary and Historical Essays'.