Frederick douglass composition (wikicommons) 1

Frederick Douglass

  • Born

    Born
    Frederick Baily later know as Frederick Douglass was born at Holmes Hill Farm
  • Rumors of his dad

    Rumors of his dad
    He heard rumors that Aaron Anthony was his dad
  • Took to another Plantation

    Took to another Plantation
    His grandother took him to another plantation and left with out telling him
  • Treated like pigs

    Treated like pigs
    He was fed cornmeal mush/ treated like pigs/ also made homemade spoons from oystershells to eat with
  • watched his Aunt get wiped

    watched his Aunt get wiped
    He watched his Aunt Hester Baily get wiped my Aaron Anthony
  • last time he saw his mom

    last time he saw his mom
  • went to Baltimore

    went to Baltimore
    was sent to Baltimore and got his first pair of paints
  • learns to read and wight

    learns to read and wight
    he learned the alphabet and a few simple words
  • teacher got yelled at for teaching a black to read and wright

    teacher got yelled at for teaching a black to read and wright
    Hugh Auld yelled at his wife for teaching a slave to read and wright
  • the Columbian Orator

    the Columbian Orator
    he bought the columbian Orator/ and learned to read a little bit more
  • Sent to Thomas Auld's Plantation

    Sent to Thomas Auld's Plantation
    he was sent to live at Thomas Auld's plantation, near the town of Saint Michaels
  • Sent to work for Edward Covey

    Sent to work for Edward Covey
    he was sent to work for Edward Covey with was a slave breaker
  • learned to fight back

    learned to fight back
    fredrick collapsed and covey kicked and beat Frederick to o avail, walked away in disgust / I resolved to right /learned how to fight back
  • sent to work for William Freeland

    sent to work for William Freeland
    he was sent to go work for William Freeland witch was a good slave owner
  • failed escape

    failed escape
    he failed his escape attempte and was put in jail
  • sent back to Baltimore

    sent back to Baltimore
    he was sent back to work in Baltimore
  • Was beat up

    Was beat up
    he was beat up by a bunch of white guys that almost took out one of his eye
  • was getting a high wage

    was getting a high wage
    he was getting the hightest posible wage for a caulker
  • got engaged

    got engaged
    he got engaged to Anna Murray
  • wanted to escape

    wanted to escape
    wanted to escape to the north
  • got on a train

    got on a train
    was on a north bound train
  • New York City

    New York City
    he arrived to New York City