FREDERICK DOUGLASS

1818. (Exact date unknown) Frederick Douglass is born as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, a slave at Holme Hill Farm, Talbot County, Maryland.
His mother, Harriet Bailey, was a field slave from whom he was separated during his infancy. Douglass only saw his mother four or five times after and for only a few hours each time. She had been sold to a man who lived twelve miles from where Douglass lived, and to see her son required that after her day's work in the field she walk the twelve miles, visit with him for a short time during the night, walk the twelve miles back to her home, and work a second day in the fields without rest. She died when Douglass was about seven.D…

CHILDHOOD

• 1826. Sent to live with Hugh Auld family in Baltimore.
• 18271827. Asks Sophia Auld to teach him his letters. Hugh Auld stops the lessons because he feels that learning makes slaves discontented and rebellious..
• . 1834. Hired Out to Edward Covey, a "slave breaker", to break his spirit and make him accept slavery.
• 1836. Tries to escape from slavery, but his plot is discovered.
• Raised by himself.

INFLUENCE ON THE WORLD

• Douglass' influence on the world was showing that black people were able to be what ever they wanted to. Be and did not need to be "stupid".

INTERESTING FACT

• Douglass was the first black man to to buy a house in an area in Washington, D.C. Only for white people .
• Douglass had a 21 room house inside he had 1,200 books.

REFERENCES

• Carter,Linda M., and carter Linda M. "Frederick douglass" Magill's survey of American literature, revised sedition (2006) 1.biography reference center. Web.28 February 2014
• Columbia university P. Frederick Douglass Columbia electronic encyclopedia, 6th edition case rial on the linter net 1(2013,September )
• Abdullah ,hail ah "5things you didn't know about Frederick Douglass " CNN.com CNN,edt ,weds-day June 19 2013