Frederick douglass the man
Frederick douglass - the manOn an unknown date in 1817, on a slave plantation in Tuckahoe Maryland,
Frederick August Washington Bailey was born. Frederick was raised in a house
on the plantation with all the other slave children. At the age of seven,
like many other slaves, Frederick was put to work in the fields. As a young
child he would wonder why he was a slave, and why everyone can't be equal.
His thoughts frequently came back to him, leaving him with a great hatred for
slavery. In 1836, Frederick had finally had enough of his imprisonment, and
attempted an escape with many other slaves. The escape was not successful,
Frederick and the other slaves were sent to work in a shipyard hauling crates.
Frederick worked the shipyard for two years until he had another great escape
idea, this one would work though. The sailing papers of a sailor had been
borrowed, and disguised as a sailor, Frederick Douglass made his escape to New
Bedford, Massachusetts. Upon his arrival, Frederick took up his new assumed
last name Douglass, to escape being captured. In 1841, Frederick attended an
anti-slavery convention in Nantucket Massachusetts. Here, his impromptu
speech he gave showed him to be a great speaker. The opponents of Frederick
believed that he was never a slave, because of his great speaking skills
and knowledge. In response to this, Frederick wrote his life story in his
book _Life and Times of Frederick Douglass_. Frederick made a fatal mistake
though, he had used the name of his old master on the slave plantation. Upon
learning of this, his...
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