The life of Frederick Douglass
By: Nolan Anselmi
(1818–1895)
Frederick Douglass was a young, African American at the time he was brought into slavery. He doesn't even know his date of birth, but he was born sometime in 1818. As he grew up and got older though, he decided he wanted his birthday to be on February 14th. Frederick's mother died when he was ten years old, have no "parental" figures to rely on. Therefore he was given to the woman known by the name of Lucretia Auld. Frederick was sent to work in slavery to the family of the Auld's. The man of the house was named Hugh Auld. He forbid all his slaves to be banned from learning how to read and write. But Hugh's wife taught Frederick the alphabet anyways when he was age 12.
Frederick Douglas tried to escape slavery for a total of 3 times. On his third attempt, which he succeeded very well at with the help of a woman named Anna Murray, a free African American from the city of Baltimore, which Frederick had been in love with. She gave him a sailor's uniform with some extra cash she had, papers of another free African American sailor to prove that he was, in fact, a free man, all to help him escape. Frederick got on a train in September of 1838 headed towards a man who was an abolitionist in New York by the name of David Ruggles. After being in New York for around a year, Frederick left the States on his journey to Liverpool, Ireland. He landed in shore as the Potato Famine was beginning around there. While he was around the area of Ireland, his friends and companions gathered money for him to buy his legal freedom, and after two years of being out of the United States, he returned as a legal, free African American.
Following his time in slavery and his life after escape, in Frederick's later life he wrote a book called "Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave" in 1845. It became a well known, popular book in the United States and soon was translated into several different languages to be sold around the world. Everyone soon began to know who Frederick Douglas was. Although, some book critics say that "an uneducated slave" like Frederick couldn't have written a book with such great grammar and writing skills. He revised this book 3 times through his years in life, making it better each time. On February 20, 1895, Frederick Douglas passed away from a heart attack. Although his foot steps are no longer in this earth, his name and legacy will never be forgotten, as he has taught the world how slavery was from first hand experience.
All information found on: http://www.biography.com/people/frederick-douglass-9278324#life-in-slavery&awesm=~oCKVSH4YUwBxe8
Fun Fact: Douglass was nominated for Vice President of the United States as a member of the Equal Rights Party in 1872.
By: Nolan Anselmi
(1818–1895)
Frederick Douglass was a young, African American at the time he was brought into slavery. He doesn't even know his date of birth, but he was born sometime in 1818. As he grew up and got older though, he decided he wanted his birthday to be on February 14th. Frederick's mother died when he was ten years old, have no "parental" figures to rely on. Therefore he was given to the woman known by the name of Lucretia Auld. Frederick was sent to work in slavery to the family of the Auld's. The man of the house was named Hugh Auld. He forbid all his slaves to be banned from learning how to read and write. But Hugh's wife taught Frederick the alphabet anyways when he was age 12.
Frederick Douglas tried to escape slavery for a total of 3 times. On his third attempt, which he succeeded very well at with the help of a woman named Anna Murray, a free African American from the city of Baltimore, which Frederick had been in love with. She gave him a sailor's uniform with some extra cash she had, papers of another free African American sailor to prove that he was, in fact, a free man, all to help him escape. Frederick got on a train in September of 1838 headed towards a man who was an abolitionist in New York by the name of David Ruggles. After being in New York for around a year, Frederick left the States on his journey to Liverpool, Ireland. He landed in shore as the Potato Famine was beginning around there. While he was around the area of Ireland, his friends and companions gathered money for him to buy his legal freedom, and after two years of being out of the United States, he returned as a legal, free African American.
Following his time in slavery and his life after escape, in Frederick's later life he wrote a book called "Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave" in 1845. It became a well known, popular book in the United States and soon was translated into several different languages to be sold around the world. Everyone soon began to know who Frederick Douglas was. Although, some book critics say that "an uneducated slave" like Frederick couldn't have written a book with such great grammar and writing skills. He revised this book 3 times through his years in life, making it better each time. On February 20, 1895, Frederick Douglas passed away from a heart attack. Although his foot steps are no longer in this earth, his name and legacy will never be forgotten, as he has taught the world how slavery was from first hand experience.
All information found on: http://www.biography.com/people/frederick-douglass-9278324#life-in-slavery&awesm=~oCKVSH4YUwBxe8
Fun Fact: Douglass was nominated for Vice President of the United States as a member of the Equal Rights Party in 1872.