The Narrative of Frederick Douglass: What is Family To a Slave

his father he tells a story at one point about

his grandmother who watched all of her children sold away [Grandmother watching children]

from her one by one by one and was never

able to do anything about it Frederick douglass is very

conscious of the fact that even after he becomes a

free man there will always be a huge void in

his life He'll never really have a family He couldn't [Frederick's free life checklist]

get married as a slave slaves often they were married

they chose partners and they obviously had children but they

weren't legally married Yeah so he can only become legally [Slaves marrying with Elvis]

married after he's free He can only really have children

once he is free and has the stability and the

security to provide for them And so in this autobiography

his family his marriage aren't really mentioned that much probably [Frederick standing below rain cloud]

because his freedom was still so recent that he was

still grappling with it He still didn't totally feel as

though he had a family and his life or knew

how to talk about it How does slavery affect the [Questions appear]

concept of family Why did douglas right so little about