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Frederick Douglass City Life

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The autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, explains Frederick Douglass’ struggle through slavery. Douglass’ life was better in the city than the plantation. Douglass moved back and forth from the city to plantation life throughout the book. He uses numerous reasons to explain how city life was better. First, slaves were treated superior and with increased humility in the city. Next, the plantation slaves were given little food and clothing compared to city slaves. Lastly, slaves were able to trick city boys into teaching them to read and write. First, the slaves in the city were treated superior than the plantation. Consequently, the plantation slaves had greater work and worse punishments. The slaveholders in

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