Frederick Douglass: “I had the honor to be chosen one of the agents to assist in these proposed conventions, and I never entered upon any…”

Slavery had no recognition of fathers, as none of families.

The friendless and hungry boy, in his extremest need, found himself in the strong protecting arms of his mother.

If I have had kicks, I have also had kindness.

That the mother was a slave was enough for its deadly purpose.