… that his father was white, and most likely his master, Thomas Auld. See McFeely, Frederick Douglass, 13. [110] … Douglass eventually extracted an apology from a Rev. Thomas Smyth, but the tactic of preying upon Douglass’s … Building an Antislavery Wall, 85. See letter from Thomas Smyth to ‘Gentlemen’ (July 28, 1846) apologizing for …