A year later his own mother was sold to another plantation, not to be reunited with her son again, either (Douglass 1846). ... The children were provided no beds or warm blankets. ... Sophia Auld was very excited about Frederick's progress and told her husband what she had done. ... Acquiescing to her husband, she no longer regarded him as any other child, but as a piece of property. ... "My success was due to address rather than courage, to good luck rather than bravery. ...

• Word Count: 1950
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He eventually fought Covey back and realized that, "he is whipped oftenest, who is whipped easiest; and the slave who has the courage to stand up for himself against the overseer, although he may have many hard stripes at the first, becomes, in the end, a freeman, even though he sustains the formal relation of a slave." ... He and the other children would huddle together in the kitchen of "master" Anthony's house to keep warm. ... Douglass gave bread to white children for lessons. ... He faced emotional struggles knowing that his grandmother who was the only mother figure he knew an...

• Word Count: 1886
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School