Concerning this issue he declared I quote "In a little less than four years, therefore, after becoming a public lecturer, I was induced to write out the leading facts connected with my experience in slavery, giving the names of persons, places, and dates, thus putting it in the power of any who doubted, to ascertain the truth or falsehood of my story." In addition, the narrative was also divided into twelve chapters, which lucidly relate Douglass' experiences as a slave through the beginnings of his career as an abolitionist. ...

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Chapter One ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF CASTE It seems necessary at the outset to point out the specific features of the caste system, in order more clearly to bring out the difference in social structure which has always existed between Europe and Africa. ... On the contrary, they were obliged to assist lower caste members in every way possible: even if less wealthy, they had to "give" to a man of lower caste if so requested. ... Persons of rank might be ransomed by their families, who would give in exchange a certain number of slaves. ...

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By choosing to give up her virginity outside of marriage, an action that completely contradicts the traditional moral codes of "The Cult of True Womanhood," Jacobs conducts a battle for selfhood. ... In the first chapter of his narrative, Douglass presents the issue of inability of a black slave man (meaning himself) to aid a black woman slave (his aunt Hester) when the last is being beaten by the master. ...

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