In his extensive writings, Frederick Douglass revealed little about his private life.
And the gr.
But in both the public and domestic spheres, Douglass relied on a complicated array of relationships with women: white and black, slave-mistresses and family, political collaborators and intellectual companions, wives and daughters.
His famous autobiographies present him overcoming unimaginable trials to gain his freedom and establish his identity-all in service to his public role as an abolitionist.
In his extensive writings, Frederick Douglass revealed little about his private life