Frederick Douglas
Frederick Douglass was born in Tuckahoe, Maryland, near Hillsborough. He doesn't know for sure of his age, he has seen no proof and his masterwill not inform him. Most masters prefer for their slaves to stayignorant. He believes that he was around twenty-seven and twenty-eightwhen he began writing his narrative - he overheard his master say he wasabout seventeen years of age during 1835. His mother, Harriet Bailey,was separated from him when he was an infant and she died when he wasseven years old. Frederick's father was a white man who could have beenEducation was of utmost importance in his life. He received his firstlesson while living with Mr. and Mrs. Auld. Sophia Auld, Frederick's"mistress", was very humane to him and spent time teaching him the A, B,C's. After he mastered this, she assisted him in spelling three andfour letter words. At this point in his lesson Mr. Auld encounteredwhat his wife was doing for Frederick and forbid her to continue. Hebelieved that "if you give a nigger an inch, he will take an ell" andcontinuing with "learning would spoil the best nigger in the world". The masters felt that an ignorant slave formed a choice slave and any
This man had the audacity to shootanother man in the face simply because he would not remove himself froma creek where he was recovering from his wounds. The men then advised Frederick to runaway to the north to find friends and freedom. Threeweeks later, that slave was shipped off to Georgia, away from his familyand friends, to serve his punishment for answering a simple questiontruthfully. The separated child is placed with an older woman who cannotwork. Hedid not attempt to escape, however he regrets not doing so since thechances of succeeding are ten times greater from the city than from thecountry. His next step on the road to success was during his sevenyears living with Master Hugh's family. Covey orderedFrederick to return to the forest as to show him the correct way tohandle oxen. Freeland, who was the owner of two slaves, Frederick devoted his Sundaysteaching these two and other slaves how to read. She had passed away and was buried before Frederick knew anything aboutit.
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