Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Narrative of Frederick Douglass

Toward the bottom of the second page Douglass acknowledges, “the whisper that my master was my father.” Why does he use the word “whisper” in this sentence? Then he writes, “the children of slave women shall in all cases follow the condition of their moth

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Whisper means exactly that.... rumors or facts that must be kept secret. As for the second part of your question, this refers to the fact that slave children, no matter who their father happens to be, continue as slaves.

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