People
Who did Douglass get in a physical fight with?
Covey
While living on Colonel Lloyd’s plantation, Douglass sees that enslaved people can be punished simply for telling the truth.
learning not to complain about conditions
Douglass was born around this year, though he never knew the exact date.
1818
What did Douglass teach himself to do?
Read and Write
Where was Douglass born?
Talbot Country, Maryland
Who started teaching Douglass the alphabet?
Mrs. Auld
Douglass is jailed after authorities discover his plan to escape with several other enslaved men.
failed escape and imprisonment in Easton
Douglass was about this age when he first saw brutal punishment happen regularly at Colonel Lloyd’s plantation.
around 6 or 7 years old
Douglass learned that the reason enslavers kept people ignorant was because this would keep them easier to control.
knowledge leads to freedom
What city did Douglass escape to and settle down in?
New Bedford, Massachusetts
Who gave Douglass a root to protect himself from whipping
Sandy Jenkins
What event did Douglass reclaim his sense of manhood?
The fight with Covey
Douglass published The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass in this landmark year.
1845
Douglass never knew this information about himself, something that enslavers often hid to prevent identity and independence.
His exact birth date
What place marks Douglass’s brief imprisonment after a failed escape attempt with other enslaved men?
Easton jail
This enslaver rented Douglass out to a notorious "slave breaker."
Thomas Auld
Douglass is sent to the “slave breaker” where he experiences some of the harshest labor and brutal treatment of his life.
being sent to Mr. Covey
Douglass begins working at the Baltimore shipyard around this year, during which he learns the trade of caulking.
1833
How many times did Douglass change his name
Two times
This Maryland town is where Douglass is first sent to live away from Colonel Lloyd’s plantation and begins to see a different form of slavery.
St. Michael’s
As a boy, Douglass saw this overseer murder an enslaved man named Demby without consequence.
Mr. Gore
Douglass describes seeing his grandmother abandoned in a small cabin when she was too old to work, demonstrating the cruelty of slavery even to the elderly.
the abandonment of his grandmother in the woods
What year was Douglass sent to Baltimore?
1826
What was the name of Frederick Douglass mother?
Harriet Bailey
What location did Douglass secretly teach other enslaved men to read during Sunday school lessons
William Freeland’s farm