Frederick Douglas wasn't even African. Today Blacks are no longer slaves. If Blacks were still slaves would we have all these protests and Black on Black crime in our major cities? Blacks have made great progress over the years but they still continue to fight for an unseen enemy in oppression and racism. If Blacks are still being oppressed as much as they rally about "Jim Crow Laws" would still be in affect.
Originally Posted by Levianon17
There is opinion that douglass was of mixed heritage - including african american:
Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born into
slavery on the
Eastern Shore of the
Chesapeake Bay in
Talbot County, Maryland.
[13] The
plantation was between
Hillsboro and
Cordova;
[13] his birthplace was likely his grandmother's cabin
[a] east of Tappers Corner, (
38.8845°N 75.958°W) and west of
Tuckahoe Creek.
[14][15][16] In his first autobiography, Douglass stated: "I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it."
[13] However, based on the extant records of Douglass's former owner, Aaron Anthony, historian
Dickson J. Preston determined that Douglass was born in February 1818.
[1] Though the exact date of his birth is unknown, he later chose to celebrate the 14th of February as his birthday, remembering that his mother called him her “Little
Valentine.”
[17][18]
Birth family
Douglass was of
mixed race, which likely included
Native American[19] and
African on his mother's side, as well as European.
[20] In contrast, his father was "almost certainly white," as shown by historian
David W. Blight in his 2018 biography of Douglass.
[21] Douglass claimed that his mother Harriet Bailey gave him his grand name and, after escaping to the North years later, he took the
surname Douglass, having already dropped his two middle names.
He later wrote of his earliest times with his mother:
[22] The opinion was…whispered that my master was my father; but of the correctness of this opinion I know nothing.… My mother and I were separated when I was but an infant.… It [was] common custom, in the part of Maryland from which I ran away, to part children from their mothers at a very early age.… I do not recollect ever seeing my mother by the light of day.… She would lie down with me, and get me to sleep, but long before I waked she was gone.
After separation from his mother during infancy, young Frederick lived with his
maternal grandmother Betsy Bailey, who was also a slave, and his maternal grandfather Isaac, who was
free.
[23] Betsy would live until 1849.
[24] Frederick's mother remained on the plantation about 12 miles (19 km) away, only visiting Frederick a few times before her death when he was 7 years old.
