On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
It is a common custom, in the part of Maryland from which I ran away, to part children from their mothers at a very early age.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It is a common custom, in the part of Maryland from which I ran away, to part children from their mothers at a very…”
Editor's note · Context
In his autobiography, Douglass describes the widespread practice in Maryland of forcibly separating enslaved children from their mothers at a very young age.
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