Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
by Frederick Douglass (1818–1895)
- Level
- B2 B2 · Upper intermediate
- Audiobook
- 4 h 3 min
- Read by
- Jeanette Ferguson
- Words
- 42,975
- Chapters
- 18
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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.
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