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Frederick Douglass was rumored to be the son of a white man, likely his enslaver, although the exact identity of his father is not definitively known. Douglass himself speculated that his father might have been the plantation owner, as was common in the cases of enslaved individuals. This familial ambiguity was a source of personal struggle for Douglass, as it highlighted the complex dynamics of race and power in the context of slavery.

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