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'
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