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「逃亡者之歌」(The
Fugitive's Song)
的封面，可看到編造的脫逃
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道格拉斯的脫離奴隸身份計劃
假如隨車服務員仔細查看那張紙，他就會發現道格拉斯並不符合那張證書內的敘述，那麼他就得把道格拉斯送回巴爾的摩市，讓他繼續做一個奴隸；如發生了上述情況，則不只道格拉斯會陷入絕境，那位把水手證明借給道格拉斯的朋友也會發生大麻煩。稍後，當道格拉斯在1845年出版了他的第一本自傳時，他並沒有記錄他如何脫逃的過程，因為那可能會讓那些幫助他脫逃的朋友陷入麻煩；這首歌曲的封面編造出當時道格拉斯脫逃的方式。當1881年，道格拉斯重新編寫他的自傳時，他就加入了真實的脫逃情況。
If the conductor had looked closely, he would have noticed that Douglass did not match the description of the person on the form and he would have been required to send him back to slavery in Baltimore. Not only would this have been terrible for Douglass but also the friend, from whom he borrowed the Seaman's Certificate, would have been in serious trouble. Later, when Douglass wrote his first autobiography in 1845, he didn't include the way in which he escaped because some of the people who had helped him could have gotten into trouble. This song cover shows a made-up description of the way Douglass escaped. By the time Douglass wrote his revised autobiography in 1881, he included the real description of his daring escape.
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