Frederick douglass timeline 1818 to 1895
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Frederick Douglass, neé Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, was born inHolmes Hill Farm in Tuckahoe, Talbot County, Maryland.
His mother was Harriet Bailey, a slave, his father was a white man believed to be his master Aaron Anthony. Read more about his early life.
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He was separated from his mother as an infant.
Douglass lived with his grandmother Betsey Bailey.
His mother died. He saw her four or five times during his life.
Douglass was separated from his grandmother and moved to the Wye House plantation, the Great House, owned by Colonel Lloyd.
Too young to work in the plantation, he run errands and kept the yard clean. He observed the slave’s brutal conditions working under Aaron Anthony.
Master Anthony sent Douglass to work with Hugh Auld in Baltimore to serve as a care taker of his toddler son, Thomas.
Hugh Auld was the brother of Colonel Anthony’ son-in-law, Thomas Auld.
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