![]() Thus begins the autobiography of Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) who was born into slavery in Maryland and after his escape to Massachusetts in 1838 became an ardent abolitionist and campaigner for women's rights. By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant.' 'I was born in Tuckahoe I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. ![]() Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Global Public Health.The European Society of Cardiology Series. ![]()
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