why poet Frederick Douglas Harper has given the example of sports events in poem waiting for nothing
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Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born into slavery on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Talbot County, Maryland.[13] The plantation was between Hillsboro and Cordova;[13] his birthplace was likely his grandmother's cabin[a] east of Tappers Corner, (38.8845°N 75.958°W) and west of Tuckahoe Creek.[14][15][16] In his first autobiography, Douglass stated: "I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it."[13] However, based on the extant records of Douglass's former owner, Aaron Anthony, historian Dickson J. Preston determined that Douglass was born in February 1818.[3] Though the exact date of his birth is unknown, he later chose to celebrate February 14 as his birthday, remembering that his mother called him her “Little Valentine.”[17][18]
Birth family
Douglass was of mixed race, which likely included Native American[19] and African on his mother's side, as well as European.[20] In contrast, his father was "almost certainly white," as argued by historian David W. Blight in his 2018 biography of Douglass.[21] Douglass claimed that his mother Harriet Bailey gave him his grand name and, after escaping to the North years later, he took the surname Douglass, having already dropped his two middle names.[citation needed]
He later wrote of his earliest times with his mother:[22]
The opinion was…whispered that my master was my father; but of the correctness of this opinion I know nothing.… My mother and I were separated when I was but an infant.… It [was] common custom, in the part of Maryland from which I ran away, to part children from their mothers at a very early age.… I do not recollect ever seeing my mother by the light of day.… She would lie down with me, and get me to sleep, but long before I waked she was gone.
After separation from his mother during infancy, young Frederick lived with his maternal grandmother Betsy Bailey, who was also a slave, and his maternal grandfather Isaac, who was free.[23] Betsy would live until 1849.[24] Frederick's mother remained on the plantation about 12 miles (19 km) away, only visiting Frederick a few times before her death when he was 7 years old.