On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
My mother and I were separated when I was but an infant—before I knew her as my mother.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “My mother and I were separated when I was but an infant—before I knew her as my mother.”
Editor's note · Context
In his autobiography, Douglass recounts the traumatic experience of being separated from his mother as an infant, preventing him from ever truly knowing her.
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