Frederick Douglass and the acquisition of self through surrogate parental figures.

• Main Author: Chang, Sarah Chin Hui.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Literature::American
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45682
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Selfhood, which means possessing authority and ownership over one’s being, manhood and self consciousness, is an important concept to discuss with regards to nineteenth-century American social reformer and writer Frederick Douglass. Born into the “blood-stained gate” of slavery, Douglass grew up not...