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Frederick Douglass Narrative Analysis

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Larsen1 Hannah Larsen Mrs. Aguirre English August 30, 2017 The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Theme: Knowledge is power. When Frederick was moved to Baltimore, he had a kind master. “Very soon after I went to live with Mrs. Antimis Ald, she very kindly began to teach me the ABC. After I had learned this she had assisted me in learning to spell words of three to four letters.” Fredericks master would allow this no longer. He informed her that if she kept this up. Frederick would be too knowledgeable, and be unfit to be a slave. Frederick was inspired by his master’s words. So he set out to get as much knowledge as he could. He had a plan of “making friends of all the little white boys, whom I met in the street. As many of these
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