ENGL 281 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Young Life, Nigger, Planation Surface
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Chapter 5: douglass" young life on colonel lloyd"s planation: ages 0-8. "most of my leisure time i spent in helping master daniel lloyd in finding his birds, after he had shot them. My connection with master daniel was of some advantage to me. He became quite attached to me, and was a sort of protector of me. "going to live at baltimore laid the foundation, and opened the gateway, to all my subsequent prosperity" Chapter 6: sophia auld: described as beautiful and a face filled with kindness, had never owned slaves nor been exposed to slavery, thus was initially very sweet and kind with douglass, all that changes. "the fatal poison of irresponsible power was already in her hands, and soon commenced its infernal work. Is fully aware that the key to freedom is knowledge: "if you teach that nigger (speaking of myself) how to read, there would be no keeping him.
