Line-End Hyphenation

Line-End Hyphenation in the Copy-Texts

At the ends of lines in the copy-texts appear the beginnings of compound words that, following hyphenation, continue in their spellings on the next line. Whether Frederick Douglass intended a hyphenated form of the word or an unhyphenated spelling is not determinable, given not only that the copy-texts do not include a representative sample of such choices in his own hand. Indeed, none of the copy-texts is a holograph, and in this instance there is no reliable way to distinguish between Douglass's preferences and those of his typist(s), editors, and compositors. Ineluctable, though, is the editorial necessity of rendering a decision on a "solid'' or hyphenated spelling, and the editors have elected to do so in the Yale edition by means of adopting the dominant form appearing in the copy-texts of Life and Times.

[left column] 4.7 co-laborers 4.32 self-development 5.18 twenty-three 5.38 slave-breeding 13.5 slave-holding 16.8 Railroad 16.33 steamship 19.20 anti-slavery 23.36 grandmother 24.10 grandchildren 25.20 grand-mamma 32.16 high-handed 32.28 grandmother's 33.18 turkey-houses 34.26 blacksmith 35.39 head-ship 36.1 store-houses 40.4 heart-rending 40.34 overseer 42.28 overpowered 43.3 freeman 43.10 death-bed 46.30 Fault-finding 47.6 painstaking 47.22 overlooked 48.25 health-seeking

[right column] 51.25 handcuffed 52.7 overseer 52.13 overseer 52.22 overseer 52.27 overseer 56.7 forehead 58.32-33 shooting-crackers 61.16 kind-hearted 64.15 slaveholder 67.12 heart-searching 67.13 slaveholder 70.25 slaveholding 71.5 slaveholders 73.8 starboard 73.10-11 starboard 75.9 pathway 78.12 grandmother 79.2 slaveholder 81.11-12 awe-struck 81.26 Slaveholders 83.13 slaveholder 85.19 slaveholder 85.22 hard-heartedness 87.2 Sabbath-school 87.24 class-leaders 90.29 life-long

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[left column] 90.33 wood-colored 102.22 over-ruling 103.22 knock-down 106.28 hiding-place 109.16 back-slidden 113.30 good-natured 114.19 ball-playing 115.38 slaveholders 117.4-5 field-hand 119.15 class-leader 120.35 slaveholder 122.20 over-ambitious 123.5 well-trained 127.8- 9 snow-capped 130.9 fellow-slaves 131.28 mild-spoken 131.34 horseback 139.23 negro-traders 142.6 slaveholders 142.7 ship-yard 142.15 ship-yard 143.11 hand-spike 144.17 manly-hearted 148.16 lookout 150.5 ship-yard 150.9 camp-ground 151.20 drawbridge 159.21 railroad 160.18 commonwealth 161.24 slaveholders 162.8 self-shutting 162.9 wringing-machines 171.20 co-operated 172.34 co-workers 174.31 Railroad 177.12 anti-slavery 178.32 cab-men 179.4 well-known 180.22 forecastle-deck 184.6-7 turning-point 188.25 great-hearted 193.16 anti-slavery

[right column] 195.1-2 long-neglected 196.30 anti-slavery 197.2 anti-slavery 197.9 street-song 202.21 Underground 206.6 non-voting 208.13 railroad 211.14 water-powers 217.21 standard-bearer 219.29 up-holders 222.3 coachmen 223.12 boarding-schools 228.9 anti-slavery 230.30 standard-bearer 230.38 rail-splitter 231.34 slaveholding 233.11-12 co-operating 235.29 battle-ground 237.20 well-mounted 237.27 free-state 238.14 slaveholding 244.5 task-masters 246.3 hardships 248.17 self-respect 248.37 warm-hearted 251.24 slave-hounds 258.30 pro-slavery 264.38-39 star-spangled 274.33 anti-slavery 282.5 self-made 284.37 bondman's 288.15 life-giving 292.15 fellow-workers 295.23 self-protection 296.22 freedman 301.22 freedmen 309.23 bedside 317.33 hardly-earned 331.37 pre-eminently 332.6 semi-barbarous 340.12-13 slaveholders 345.14 slaveholders

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[left column] 345.25 handcuffs 347.1-2 grandmother 352.32-33 many-colored 356.30-31 Anti-Slavery 356.32 slavery-polluted 368.4-5 anti-slavery 369.6 anti-slavery 369.18 week-day 369.38 anti-slavery 373.13 self-respect 388.1 Afro-American 414.37 kind-hearted 416.25 stronghold

[right column] 417.26-27 mid-winter 430.33 overflowed 434.15 Anti-Slavery 451.35-36 well-known 452.27 non-success 460.35 time-honored 464.1 foot-steps 467.38 backwoodsman 468.5-6 well-founded 471.36 dwelling-place 476.30 freedmen 480.24 self-sustaining

LINE-END HYPHENATION IN THE YALE EDITION

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Line-End Hyphenation in the Yale Edition

In quoting from the Yale edition, the only line-end hyphens that should be retained are the following:

[left column] 24.3-4 seine-hauling 30.16-17 Anglo-Saxon 33.17-18 hen-houses 43.25-26 business-like 45.28-29 soul-crushing 46.6-7 over-sleeping 48.7- 8 scarcely-worn 48.11-12 hunger-smitten 57.3-4 sack-cloth 57.29- 30 black-birds 58.32-33 shooting-crackers 59.3-4 quarter-deck 61.11-12 half-brother 62.37- 38 anti-slavery 73.4-5 ship-yard 73.18- 19 play-grounds 73.26-27 copy-books 80.30-31 ship-building 83.38-39 camp-meetings 84.10-11 kneeling-place 92.20- 21 short-necked 96.10-11 semi-lying 102.24-25 bare-footed 106.18- 19 kind-hearted 107.11-12 ash-cake 109.22- 23 stable-floor 117.4-5 field-hand 118.32-33 Sabbath-school 119.11-12 class-leader 119.13-14 mob-like 120.5-6 Sabbath-school 123.7- 8 fellow-servants 126.13-14 grave-yard 127.8-9 snow-capped 131.19-20 ill-omened

[right column] 138.21-22 out-looking 140.20-21 of-war 156.37-38 twewnty-four 159.8- 9 co-worker 175.2-3 first-class 179.35-36 kind-hearted 180.16-17 Anti-Slavery 181.24-25 forecastle-deck 183.7-8 well-matched 184.6-7 turning-point 187.17-18 kind-hearted 188.17-18 eighty-seventh 192.7-8 fellow-citizens 195.1-2 long-neglected 198.20-21 blood-stained 199.36-37 anti-slavery 215.22-23 anti-slavery 215.38-39 Anti-slavery 218.27-28 empty-handed 227.18-19 wide-spread 230.4-5 anti-slavery 233.11-12 co-operating 256.17-18 peace-loving 262.34-35 anti-slavery 264.38-39 star-spangeled 277.25-26 one-spur 290.30-31 over-worked 327.5-6 ex-Secretary 331.6-7 carpet-bagger 331.30-31 three-quarters 344.13-14 Burial-ground 345.25-26 auction-block 346.16-17 son-in 355.25-26 bar-room 356.30-31 Anti-Slavery

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[left column] 356.36-37 bar-keeper 359.17-18 carpet-bag 368.4-5 anti-slavery 368.28-29 Anti-Slavery 371.2-3 one-half 373.29-30 self-respect

[right column] 383.25-26 self-indulgent 417.26-27 mid-winter 423.2-3 health-giving 442.37-38 Rear-Admiral 451.35-36 well-known 453.15-16 Rear-Admiral