Why does douglass change his name from bailey to johnson to douglass, as stated in chapter 11 of?

he no longer wanted to have any kind of attachment to slavery

Explanation:

Based on the information provided within the novel "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave " by Frederick Douglass it can be said that he changed his name as stated because he no longer wanted to have any kind of attachment to slavery, and instead wanted to be named after his hero, but then changed his name to Douglass because there were too many Johnsons in the area in which he lived.

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the declaration states, “we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness….”