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1818-1895
THE story OF
Frederick Douglass
HIS LIFE
Born in February 1818 and died on February 20, 1895, Douglass was an American orator, abolitionist, publisher and official.
Date of birth and death
M.Douglass
AT THE AGE OF SIX
Sent to Captain Aaron Anthony’s Wye House plantation, owned by Colonel Edward. He discovered a lot of violence there.
Wye House Plantation
6 years old
Child Douglass
family
his grandmother
He was raised by his grandmother Betsey Bailey along with other slaves.
raised by her
His mother
Her mother was Harriet Bailey. She died when he was seven. Only when he grew up did he know it was his mother.
He didn’t know his mother
COLUMBIAN ORATOR
He was able to buy his first book by selling boots, which allowed him to form his own opinion about slavery. And learned to write.
His first book bought
This book
1826
He was sent to the Auld family to look after the son Thomas. He learned to read thanks to Madame Auld but it is forbidden to teach reading to slaves so Monsieur Auld refuses. But continue to learn to read with the lessons of white children.
Him and the Auld family
1826
This master treated him well, he also allowed him to give lectures.
William Freeland
PRAISED BY
PRAISED BY
It is rented by this farmer who gave him lashes, he does not know how to let go and to not know that a slave rebelled, he was rented by someone else
Edward Covey
1833
1838
Hé managed to escape and arrived in New Bedford, Massachusetts and called himself Frederick Douglass. And he works like a farmer.
He runs away
1838
THE REST OF HIS LIFE
He taught reading, sharing his condition through his writings, lectures,... and in 1863 he held important political posts.
Its achievements
This life
TODAY
He is the pioneer of black activism and the great architect of the abolition of slavery. We owe him the date of the Black History Month celebration.
The birth of Frederick Douglass
Today
I chose her servant for her courage, her determination, her stories, her person, for the help she was able to give the world against slavery.
THIS STORY
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