Read this excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. My Dear Friend: You remember the old fable of "The Man and the Lion," where the lion complained that he should not

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Read this excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.

My Dear Friend:
You remember the old fable of "The Man and the Lion," where the lion complained that he should not be so
misrepresented "when the lions wrote history."
I am glad the time has come when the lions write history."

What is the allusion in this excerpt?

"My Dear Friend"

"The Man and the Lion”

"the lions wrote history”

"I am glad"