Frederick Douglass

  • Douglass is born

    in Tuckahoe, near Hillsborough
  • Douglass' mother dies

    he barely gets to see her because she lives on a different plantation
  • Douglass goes Baltimore

    Master Anthony sends douglass to work with master Auld
  • Douglass learns about religion

    Hanson teaches Douglass about religion and the bible
  • Master Anthony dies

    he left no will, so his property (including Fredrick) was left to his son and daughter
  • Left Baltimore

    Douglass leaves Baltimore to go live his new master, Thomas Auld
  • Thomas Auld hires Douglass

    Also started a Sunday school so then he could help other slaves read and learn
  • Douglass tries to escape

    Douglass and other slaves attempt to escape and fail