Excerpt from the narrative of the life of frederick douglass
frederick douglass
4 i never saw my mother, to know her as such, more than four or five times in my life; and each of these times was very short in duration, and at night. she was hired by a mr. stewart, who lived about twelve miles from my home. she made her journeys to see me in the night, traveling the whole distance on foot, after the performance of her day's work. she was a field hand, and a whipping is the penalty of not being in the field at sunrise, unless a slave has special permission from his or her master to the contrary--a permission which they seldom get, and one that gives to him that gives it the proud name of being a kind master.
given the extreme difficulties douglass' mother experienced just to visit him four or five times at night for a very short while, what can we conclude about his mother's feelings toward him?
a) douglass' mother did not have much affection for her son since they were separated early in douglass' life.
b) douglass' mother was separated from him early in life, but visiting each other was never too difficult.
c) douglass' mother loved her son very much, worked hard, and took terrible risks to see him.
d) douglass' mother forgot about her son because she saw him only