Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
He learned to read in secret, then wrote the book that made him impossible to send back.
- Listening time
- about 4 h 18 min
- Length
- 40,203 words
- First published
- 1845
- Public domain
- the author died in 1895
- Edition
- Edition and cover by Standard Ebooks, released CC0
- Download in the app
- 223 KB stored on your device
- Language
- English
- Shelf
- Start Here
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How it begins.
I was born in Tuckahoe, near Hillsborough, and about twelve miles from Easton, in Talbot County, Maryland. I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant. I do not remember to have ever met a slave who could tell of his birthday. They seldom come nearer to it than planting-time, harvest-time, cherry-time, spring-time, or fall-time. A want of information concerning my own was a source of unhappiness to me even during childhood.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass · Frederick Douglass · 1845
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