Frederick Douglass Timeline

By sammygirl

  • Frederick Douglass's Birth

  • Witnesses whipping of aunt hester

  • The Slave Valuation

  • Richard Anthony Dies

  • Douglass is moved to slave quarters

  • Douglass's mother dies

  • Mr. Severe dies, Mr. Hopkins replaces him

  • Mr. Gore is hired

  • Captain Anthony dies. Goes back to plantation for a valuation

  • Frederick is 12 years old

  • Captain Auld finds religious ways to justify cruelty

  • FD goes to live with Mr. Covey

  • Slaves have the holiday season off

  • Goes to live with Mr. Freeland

  • Opens Sabbath school to teach slaves how to read

  • Planned to travel to Cheasapeake Bay by canoe

  • FD's master tells him that he seventeen

  • FD is hired again by Mr. Freeland

  • Frederick marries Anna Murray

  • Goes to anti-slavery convention in Nantucket

  • 28 years old, begins to write narrative