Chapter XII: �frederick Douglass

The Opportunity for Every Man in a Republic�The Depth Below a White Man's Poverty�The Starting Point whence Fred Douglass Raised Himself�His Mother�Her Noble Traits�Her Self Denial for the sake of Seeing him�She Defends him against Aunt Katy�Her Death�Col. Loyd's Plantation�The Luxury of his own Mansion�The Organization of his Estate�"Old Master"�How they Punished the Women�How Young Douglass Philosophized on Being a Slave�Plantation Life�The Allowance of Food�The Clothes�An Average Plantation Day�Mr. Douglass' Experience as a Slave Child�The Slave Children's Trough�The Slave Child's Thoughts�The Melancholy of Slave Songs�He Becomes a House Servant�A Kind Mistress Teaches him to Read�How he Completed his Education�Effects of Learning to Read�Experiences Religion and Prays for Liberty�Learns to Write�Hires his Time, and Absconds�Becomes a Free Working-Man in New Bedford�Marries�Mr. Douglass on Garrison�Mr. Douglass' Literary Career. 380