Frederick Douglass | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts
WEBSep 10, 2024 · In 1826 at approximately age eight, he was sent to live with Hugh and Sophia Auld at Fells Point, Baltimore. Hugh’s brother Capt. Thomas Auld was the son-in-law of Douglass’s owner, Aaron Anthony. Douglass’s responsibility in Baltimore was to care for Hugh and Sophia’s young son, Thomas.
Frederick Douglass - Wikipedia
WEBDouglass and Anna Murray had five children: Rosetta Douglass, Lewis Henry Douglass, Frederick Douglass Jr., Charles Remond Douglass, and Annie Douglass (died at the age of ten). Charles and Rosetta helped produce his newspapers.
Frederick Douglass - Biography, Leader in the Abolitionist …
WEBApr 3, 2014 · (1818-1895) Who Was Frederick Douglass? Abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass was born into slavery sometime around 1818 in Talbot County, Maryland. He became one of the most famous...
What was Frederick Douglass’s childhood like? | Britannica
WEBFrederick Douglass was born in slavery to a Black mother and a white father. At age eight the man who owned him sent him to Baltimore, Maryland, to live in the household of Hugh Auld. There Auld’s wife taught Douglass to read.
Frederick Douglass ‑ Narrative, Quotes & Facts | HISTORY
WEBOct 27, 2009 · Who Was Frederick Douglass? Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in or around 1818 in Talbot County, Maryland. Douglass himself was never sure of his exact birth date.
Biography – Early Life – Frederick Douglass Heritage
WEBFeb 27, 2023 · Frederick Douglass, named at birth Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, was born in c.1818 in Tuckahoe, Talbot County, Maryland. The date of his birth is unknown as records were not kept at the time.
Frederick Douglass - National Museum of African American …
WEBFrederick Douglass was born into slavery, most likely in February 1818 — birth dates of slaves were rarely recorded. He was put to work full-time at age six, and his life as a young man was a litany of savage beatings and whippings. At age twenty, he successfully escaped to the North.
Frederick Douglass Biography - life, family, childhood, children ...
WEBFrederick Douglass was born in February 1817 on the eastern shore of Maryland. His exact date of birth remains unknown. His mother, from whom he was separated at an early age, was a slave named Harriet Bailey. She named her son Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey. He never knew or saw his father.
Frederick Douglass - Frederick Douglass National Historic Site …
WEBYoung Frederick barely knew his mother, who died when he was a young child on a distant forced labor camp. He never knew his father. When he turned eight years old, his enslaver forced him to work for a family in Baltimore. At an early age, Frederick realized there was a connection between literacy and freedom.
Frederick Douglass - National Geographic Kids
WEBFrederick Douglass was born an enslaved person in February 1818. When he was about eight, his owner sent him to work in Baltimore, Maryland. Although most people didn’t want enslaved people to...
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