Question

Why did Frederick Douglass rarely see his mother?

She had run away from the plantation because of how badly she was treated.

She was sent away as a punishment for having a child out of wedlock.

She was hired out to a different plantation and was not allowed to visit him.

She worked as a field hand on the plantation while he worked in the house.

Answer 1

Frederick Douglass rarely saw his mother because she was hired out to a different plantation and was not allowed to visit him. Douglass was separated from his mother at a young age, which was a common practice for enslaved children. He later noted in his writings that he only saw her a few times during his childhood.