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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
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Why does Douglass deliberately withhold the exact details of how he escaped slavery?
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He had genuinely forgotten the details by the time he wrote the Narrative
B
His lawyer advised him not to disclose it for legal reasons
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He considered the details too embarrassing to share
D
To avoid endangering others and to keep slaveholders ignorant of routes that might help future escapes
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