User:Rosiesmom53

Current Wikipedia article states F Douglass assumed birthdate of 2/14/1817 as his mother called him her little valentine. Article cites Narrative of Life of FD (his auto biog) as source. Unable to verify this in the book or anywhere else. As FD was removed from his mother as a baby and she visited only several times in the middle of night and then died, seems unlikely she called him by a pet name...equally unlikely Valentine's Day was celebrated by slaves. To the reader(s) of this post: Could this statement in the Wikipedia article be true or should it be removed?Rosiesmom53 (talk) 16:42, 19 February 2009 (UTC)