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it is enough to say of the dear little fellows, that they lived on philpot street, very near durgin and bailey's ship-yard. i used to talk this matter of slavery over with them. i would sometimes say to them, i wished i could be as free as they would be when they got to be men. "you will be free as soon as you are twenty-one, but i am a slave for life! have not i as good a right to be free as you have? " these words used to trouble them; they would express for me the liveliest sympathy, and console me with the hope that something would occur by which i might be free.
—narrative of the life of frederick douglass,
frederick douglass

based on the passage, what is the perspective of the street children toward douglass?
a) they felt sorry for him and were upset that he was enslaved.
b) they felt that the aulds should be kinder to him.
c) they felt that life for an enslaved person was better in the city than in the country.
d) they did not care one way or another what happened to douglass.