My Bondage and My Freedom
History & Biography

My Bondage and My Freedom

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PLACE OF BIRTH—CHARACTER OF THE DISTRICT—TUCKAHOE—ORIGIN OF THE NAME—CHOPTANK RIVER—TIME OF BIRTH—GENEALOGICAL TREES—MODE OF COUNTING TIME—NAMES OF GRANDPARENTS—THEIR POSITION—GRANDMOTHER ESPECIALLY ESTEEMED—“BORN TO GOOD LUCK”—SWEET POTATOES—SUPERSTITION—THE LOG CABIN—ITS CHARMS—SEPARATING CHILDREN—MY AUNTS—THEIR NAME

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895Enslaved persons -- Maryland -- Social conditions -- 19th centuryAfrican American abolitionists -- BiographyAbolitionists -- United States -- BiographyAntislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th centuryFugitive slaves -- Maryland -- BiographyPlantation life -- Maryland -- History -- 19th century