1 / 4

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass. Background. Frederick Douglass Born in Maryland 1817 Separated from mother at birth Saw her a few times Never knew his father Probably white. Original master was Captain Anthony Age of seven Mr. Auld Anthony’s son-in- law wife Sophia Begins to learn to read

luther
Download Presentation

Frederick Douglass

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Frederick Douglass

  2. Background • Frederick Douglass • Born in Maryland • 1817 • Separated from mother at birth • Saw her a few times • Never knew his father • Probably white

  3. Original master was Captain Anthony • Age of seven • Mr. Auld • Anthony’s son-in-law • wife Sophia • Begins to learn to read • Both later become cruel

  4. As an adult • Returned to Auld • Declared unmanageable • Rents him out to Edward Covey • Known for “breaking slaves”

More Related