American Literature / Unit 9 AML 0803 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Frederick Douglass: From Slavery to the Platform
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The idea
Born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey on a Maryland farm, enslaved from birth and, the anchor says, probably fathered by his mother's owner, Douglass was raised by his grandmother and separated from her at seven. He escaped, renamed himself, and became the period's most formidable speaker.
In practice
A new name, and a public voice.
Where people slip
The parentage is the anchor's statement.
Your place on the trail
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