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1818 fredrick douglas is born (actual name fredrick baily)
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1824 douglas heard rumors that his father was the plantation owner
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1824 his grand mother takes him to the plantation
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1825 they were treated like pig and ate cornmeal mush and used oyster shells for spoons
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1825 he sees his mother for the last time when he was 7
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1825 he watches his aunt get whipped by the slave owner
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1826 moved to baltimore
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1826 he learned the alphabet
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1826 hugh auld yelled at his wife to stop teaching him to read and write
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1830 he bought the columbian orater
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1833 sent back to thomas aulds plantation
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1834 sent to work for a slave breaker edward covey
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1836 attempted a failed jail break
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1836 sent back to hugh auld
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1836 beat up by whites,, eyes nearly taken out
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1837 became a experienced caulker and got the highest wages
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1838 he is engaged to anna murray
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he escaped to freddom on a northbound train disguised as a sailor
