One of the most interesting aspects of this work is Douglass's amazing use of the language. In some places it's brutally frank, but in others it's nearly poetic. In fact, the writing is so impressive that many refused to believe that the book was actually written by an uneducated escaped slave. As you read, find examples of the distinctive writing style that would cause people to have such doubts.
And here's the preface from William Lloyd Garrison that is in SOME editions - please read it - it's kind of fussy and archaic, but you really see the man's passion for both the abolitionist movement and Frederick Douglass. Note the comparison to Patrick Henry.
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/utc/abolitn/abaufda1t.html
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So, after reading the introduction, I'm a bit confused. Robert G. O'Meally praised Douglass as a writer and made a number of references to the genius of several names and how each had some sort of connection to their character or personality. I can't find the examples currently, but I think one of them was to his master Gore? My question is this, did Douglass alter the names for this purpose, or did these names just fit by chance?
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