After my last post, I went back and reread ch 1-5. Capt. Anthony is described in Ch1 as owning several farms which raises the question, why wasn't Capt. Anthony living on his own property rather than working for Col. Lloyd and periodically selling one of his (Anthony's) slaves in order to help make ends meet?
Do property records exist supporting such claim of multiple farm ownership by Capt. Anthony, or was Anthony also a liar attempting to boost his perceived social-economic standing amongst the slaves he oversaw?
I suppose Iâm reacting to âfake but accurateâ modern journalism when I wonder how much of Douglassâs narrative is factually true. On the other hand, 19th century journalism wasnât overly concerned with absolute factual truthiness, when there was a story to sell or an agenda to promote ..
Interesting question for which I do not know the answer.
Another possibility regarding the unclearness about the property is that the young Douglass could have misunderstood something he overheard.