Frederick+Douglass

__Frederick Douglass__
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= = =**Introduction**=

Frederick Douglass was born in Maryland on February 14, 1818. He was born a slave. His mothers name was Harriet Bailey and his fathers name (supposedly) was Aaron Anthony. He was separated from Harriet when he was an infant but she died when he was seven years old. When this incident happened he was sent to his grandmother's house. His grandmother's name was Betty Bailey.

Life as a Child
Frederick was than separated from his grandmother and he was sent to a place called Wye House Plantation. This was where Anthony, his owner, worked as an overseer. Frederick was told that his father was a white man. Later on in his life his father had died and he was given to a woman named Lucretia Auld, who was the wife of a man named Thomas Auld. Then they had sent him to Mr. Auld's brother, his name was Hugh Auld.

**Education**
Frederick Douglass didn't go to school because in this time period slaves weren't allowed to learn like how to read and write. When he was twelve, Hugh Auld's wife,Sophia broke the law and taught him how to read and write. When her husband had figured this out, he was disappointed in her and said that this would lead his desire to freedom. He began to read newspapers, political papers, and many other books and papers.

**Mr. Freeman's Plantation**
Douglass taught other slaves on the plantation how to read, too. He made them read books like The Bible. He read it weekly at a Sabbath School.Many people appreciated his commitment to teaching that 40 slaves were attending his classes just in one week. They had been in secrecy for many months but soon people realized what they were doing. The other plantation owners broke up the group and beat the slaves with clubs and stones.

**Freedom**
In 1837 Douglass met Anna Murray, a free black woman from Baltimore. In 1938, Douglass successfully escaped. He dressed himself in a sailor's uniform and had identification papers stating that he was a free black sailor. He boarded a train and continued until he reached Delaware and there he transferred to a steam boat until he reached New York. He then married Anna. He continued traveling up to Massachusetts. He heard William Garrison speak, a famous abolitionist and later he himself was asked to speak. He gave his first speech at age 23 describing his very hard life as a slave. He continued speaking all over the Eastern and Midwestern parts of the United States. He also wrote an autobiography __Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave__. It was so well written many people thought that a black man couldn't write such a good book. It became a best seller.



(Image of the autobiography Frederick Douglass had created.)

Ireland and Great Britain
In the beginning of August around the year 1845, Douglass traveled to Ireland and Britain to make more speeches about slavery. They raised so much money they bought Frederick his freedom. He was established as a free man. He continued writing and producing many newspapers such as __//The North Star.

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(Image of The North Star.)


 * Emancipation and Amendments**

.On January 1, 1863 the Emancipation declared freedom of all slaves. In 1865 14th and the 15th amendment was created. The 13th Amendment freed all the slaves. The 14th amendment allowed citizenship and equal protection under the law for both races. The 15th amendment allowed everyone (including Blacks) to vote.

Death
Frederick Douglass died February 20, 1895. We believe that he died from a heart attack or a stroke. He was buried in Rochester, New York but died in Washington, D.C. Frederick had achieved many things that other people could not have done. He was very intelligent and knew what to say. We remember him in ways that no one else could be remembered.