Why does douglass change his name so many times? a. he wants to protect himself from being a found. b. he is trying to find the last name of his true father. c. he renames himself after people he admires

The reason is A. He wants to protect himself from being a found
When Douglass was in  New Bedford, he stayed with a friend named nathan Johnson. Johnson suggested that Douglass' name was too typical for African American, so in order to hide from slave hunters, Douglass need to change his first name. Douglass agreed to this suggestion