COL 130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1st reading: Nigger, Imperial Abbey Of Corvey, Hela

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Comparative Literature
• Course: COL 130
• Professor: Shaun Irlam

Document Summary

Narrative of the life of frederick douglass, an american salve. Mother dead, father white (probably the slave owner/master) His 1st master at 1st plantation: master anthony not rich, has a cruel overseer. 2nd master: colonel lloyd, one of many masters in a huge (cid:498)industry(cid:499) of plantations. Mistress in baltimore nice woman rich master. At seven/eight years old sent from plantation to baltimore. Mistress tried to teach douglass to read, but the mister hough told her not to. Mister said niggers should not know how to read. He would not then be useful as a slave. This made douglass want to learn to read even more, cause this was his way to be freed as a slave. Met two white men who told him he could run away to the north. He did not follow them, but decided to run away himself. Was sent back to the nice mistress and master.