On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
They measure the ages of their children by spring time, winter time, harvest time, planting time, and the like; but these soon become undistinguishable and forgotten.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “They measure the ages of their children by spring time, winter time, harvest time, planting time, and the like; but…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass describes the informal and ultimately unreliable methods enslaved parents used to track their children's ages, highlighting the impermanence of such memories.
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