[Frederick Douglass]
Prophetic Witness, 1895
Born as a slave in 1818, Frederick Douglass was separated from his mother at the age of eight and given by his new owner, Thomas Auld, to his brother and sister-in-law, Hugh and Sophia Auld. Sophia attempted to teach Frederick to read, along with her son, but her husband put a stop to this, claiming, it would forever unfit him to be a slave. Frederick learned to read in secret, earning small amounts of money when he could and paying neighbors to teach him.
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