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The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass – An American Slave

Douglass begins by saying that he does not know his birthday and this bothers him.

What a simple statement yet is conveys so much of the laments of an ex slave and the cruelty of the slave system.

Douglass was a famous orator who wrote his memoirs as a means of discussing abolition.

The writings of Frederick Douglass are seen as being the most influential in the 19th century and helped strengthen the abolitionist movement.

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