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Page 28
... father was a white man and possibly his master , Douglass bitterly condemned slavery as a system which cruelly alienated white fathers from their mulatto chil- dren . " Slavery had no recognition of fathers , as none of families . That ...
... father was a white man and possibly his master , Douglass bitterly condemned slavery as a system which cruelly alienated white fathers from their mulatto chil- dren . " Slavery had no recognition of fathers , as none of families . That ...
Page 259
... father named Clotelle . The complex- ion of the child was still fairer than that of its mother . Indeed , she was not darker than other white children , and as she grew older she more and more resembled her father . As time passed away ...
... father named Clotelle . The complex- ion of the child was still fairer than that of its mother . Indeed , she was not darker than other white children , and as she grew older she more and more resembled her father . As time passed away ...
Page 337
... father and his long - lost daughter . Jerome now ordered all present to leave the room , except the nurse , and every effort was at once made to quiet the sufferer . When calm , a joyous smile would illumi- nate the sick man's face ...
... father and his long - lost daughter . Jerome now ordered all present to leave the room , except the nurse , and every effort was at once made to quiet the sufferer . When calm , a joyous smile would illumi- nate the sick man's face ...
Contents
Part I | 17 |
Part II | 42 |
Rage in the Fiction of Martin Delany | 79 |
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