Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass was a man who was active until the day he died. Frederick Attended Anti-Slavery meetings and also attended meetings for Women?s rights. He believed everyone was equal it didn't matter if one was white, black, or green it also didn't matter what sex you were he believed everybody was equal. He achieved many things during his hard but great life.

Born on a plantation in Tuckahoe, near Easton, in Talbot County, Maryland. Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was the son of a unidentified white father. His mother was African, and part Native American. Young Frederick was born a slave on the Lloyd?s family plantation. The Lloyd?s family referred to him as Frederick Lloyd. He was separated from his mother at eight years old and he never saw her again. He worked really hard and received extremely cruel treatment. To keep from starving Frederick often competed with his masters dogs for leftovers and table scraps. Usually slave resistance led to masters beating their slaves. Frederick fought back when his master was beating him. Frederick's Master Colonel Lloyd decided not to beat him longer but instead to get rid of him by sending him to Baltimore. In Baltimore Mrs. Sophia Auld taught Frederick to read and write but her husband put an end to it when he found out, Luckily Frederick knew enough to continue educating himself. When his master died he was forced to go work in the country as a

field hand. Here Frederick tried to escape but he failed. He was put in jail.

His master arranged for Frederick to be released from jail and he sent him back to

Baltimore.

On September 3, 1838, Frederick was successful on his escape attempt. He went to New York and changed his last name to Douglass. He got married to Anne Murray.

Together they moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts. In 1841 Frederick attended a convention at the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in Nantucket. While Douglass was speaking to some of his friends, He impressed a man who overheard him. The man asked Frederick to speak. The effect of his speech was so powerful they decided to hire him to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. He participated in a Rhode Island Campaign against the New Constitution Which denied blacks the right of citizenship and the right to vote.

In 1845 he traveled to Great Britain and Ireland. He met some English Liberals,

who treated him