Although slavery was a delicate subject, and very cautiously talked about among grown up people in Maryland, I frequently talked about it, and that very freely, with the white boys.
Douglass recounts how he, as a child, openly discussed the forbidden topic of slavery with his white playmates, contrasting it with adult reticence.
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It had no interest in recognizing or preserving any of the ties that bind families together or to their homes.
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