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Frederick Douglass Childhood Analysis

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In the book "The Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass" mentioned his childhood a couple of times in the first chapter, however he doesn't quite know his own age, his estimation of his age would probably be around twenty-seven or twenty-eight. He didn't have very many memories with his mother but he does remember her taking long journeys after a long days work to go see him, even if it was just for an hour or two. Her name was Harriet Bailey and she was hired by Mr. Stewart who lived about 12 miles from Frederick. Him and his mother were separated when Frederick was just a little baby, it was a common thing in Maryland to part from their mothers at a very early age. She died when Frederick was about seven years old. He was not allowed to be there during her illness, at her death, or her burial. …show more content…

They even said his master was his father, but that may or may not be true. In Frederick's life he has had two masters. His first master's name was Anthony, he doesn't know his first name so he knows him as "captain Anthony". Anthony was not considered rich, he had about two or three farms, and about thirty slaves. In the article of 'Slave Girl in California' Linda is a little girl and she's having a good life, until her mother dies and has to go live and work with her mother's mistress. However the mistress seems like a pretty nice lady. Linda's grandma whose name is Aunt Martha was so faithful and smart that her owners treated her very well. Sometimes they let her stay up late so she could make her own business and pay for her own clothes out of the profit! She sets three hundred dollars from baking to hope one day she could buy her children

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