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Douglass was born in February 1818 in Talbot County, Maryland
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Douglass moves to Wye town plantation at age 6.
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Douglass is sent to Baltimore to work for Hugh Auld, and his family.
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Sophia Auld, begins to teach Douglass to read until Hugh Auld found out and ordered her to stop.
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Douglass is moved to Mr. Covey, so that Covey can break him. This is the first time Douglass has worked in fields and have received harsh beatings.
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Douglass tries to escape from Freeland, by stealing a canoe from Hamilton. Someone betrays them and they are found out and put in jail.
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After his failed escape attempt, Captain Auld sent him back to his brother Hugh.
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The first shipyard Douglass ends up being beaten up and Auld sends him to a second one where he begins to make his own contracts.
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Douglass leaves slavery and heads to New York
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With the help of Dr. Ruggles and moved to New Bedford.
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Spoke at a convention in Nantucket.
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