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Frederick Douglass
"I never saw my mother, to know her as such, more
than four or five times in my life ; and each of these
times was very short in duration, and at night. She
was hired by a Mr. Stewart, who lived about twelve
miles from my home. She made her journeys to see
me in the night, travelling the whole distance on foot,
after the performance of her day’s work. She was a
field hand, and a whipping is the penalty of not being
in
the field at sunrise, unless a slave has special permission from his or
her master to the contrary — a permission which they seldom get, and
one that gives to him that gives it the proud name of being a kind
master. I do not recollect of ever seeing my mother by the light of day.
She was with me in the night. She would lie down with me, and get me to
sleep, but long before I waked she was gone. Very little communication
ever took place between us. Death soon ended what little we could have
while she lived, and with it her hardships and suffering. She died when I
was about seven years old, on one of my master’s farms, near Lee’s
Mill. I was not allowed to be present during her illness, at her death,
or burial.
She was gone long before I knew any thing about it.
Never having enjoyed, to any considerable extent, her
soothing
presence, her tender and watchful care, I received the tidings' of her
death with much the same emotions I should have probably felt at the
death of a stranger.”
From: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass published c. 1845 Source says public domain
Image c. 1840s via Wikimedia Commons, public domain
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4 comments:
Great effects in Dark Times. :-)
Such a sad and heartbreaking story of Frederick Douglass and his poor mother. I guess she was thinking of him all the time wishing she could do him as much good as possible. Poor mother and poor Frederick. Life can be so hard.
Thanks so much, John.
Thank you, Elenor. Yes, I am afraid there were way too many stories like his. I am amaz3ed by how unfair and cruel people were and still are.
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