Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass, an American Slave

Did the mistress's initial kindness or her eventual cruelty have a greater effect on Fredrick Douglass

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Are you referring to Mrs. Auld? I think her initial kindness in showing Douglas how to read and write had a greater effect on Douglas than her later cruelty. Douglas thinks that her cruelty was part of the disease that most slave owners and family succumb to.

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