In your opinion why did Fredrick Douglass changed is birth name?

Frederick Douglass chose his name from a poem. Douglass was born with the name Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey. After he successfully escaped slavery in 1838, he and his wife adopted the name Douglass from a narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott, "The Lady of the Lake," at the suggestion of a friend.

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Answer: He changed his name because of the poem ¨The Lady Of The Lake¨ by Sir Walter Scott