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Was it dangerous for Frederick Douglass to have published this memoir? Would his ex-masters have sent people after him, or was he completely safe where he was? It seems that his memoir would create a lot of enemies. --Gracie | Was it dangerous for Frederick Douglass to have published this memoir? Would his ex-masters have sent people after him, or was he completely safe where he was? It seems that his memoir would create a lot of enemies. --Gracie | ||
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| + | I hadn't really ever thought about it before... But my age defines a lot of who I am, and always has. When i was four, the main conversation starter was "How old are you?" and now that is my main starter when I talk to children of similar age. For Douglass to address this first page and then throughout his narrative shows the large effect this had on him, and how it kept him from fully grasping his identity. Along these lines, I find that in times that he had a kinder, less brutal master, Douglass was able to develop a stronger sense of identity, and in response to Jessie Bright, this may explain why he ran away while under the care of a less awful master. At least, that's the thought that crossed my mind. --Jessica Lawrie | ||
== Richard McNemar, Kentucky Revival, 1801 == | == Richard McNemar, Kentucky Revival, 1801 == | ||
