Answer:
he no longer wanted to have any kind of attachment to slavery
Step-by-step explanation:
Based on the information provided within the novel "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave " by Frederick Douglass it can be said that he changed his name as stated because he no longer wanted to have any kind of attachment to slavery, and instead wanted to be named after his hero, but then changed his name to Douglass because there were too many Johnsons in the area in which he lived.