Wednesday, September 3, 2014

"What you are, I am. You are a man, and so am I.": an escaped slave to his master

Few American writers bring the moral authority and rhetorical power of Frederick Douglass. Read a letter Douglass wrote, on the anniversary of his self-emancipation, to his former master.

Today in Hamlit we reviewed the highlights of the syllabus.

For homework, please finish processing discussion material--quotes, questions, and an attempt at a thematic subject--on Frost's "Mending Wall" in your commonplace books.




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