Frederick_Douglass

Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass was born in Talbot County, Maryland. He does not know the year, as most slaves were not allowed to know their ages. He remembers being unhappy and confused that white children knew their ages, but he was not allowed even to ask his own. He estimates that he was born in or around 1818. “Frederick Douglass’s mother was Harriet Bailey, the daughter of Isaac and Betsey Bailey. He was separated from his mother immediately after birth, which was a common practice among slave owners.” (http://www.biography.com/search/article.jsp'aid=9278324) He assumed that this custom was intended to break the natural bond of affection between mother and child. He also recalled that he only saw his mother on the rare occasions when she could walk twelve miles after dark to lie next to him at night. Harriet died when Frederick was about seven years old. He was told about it afterward and was hardly affected by the news. Bibliography Term Papers, Essays, Book Reports DataBase C“Frederick Douglass knew only that his father was a white man, though many people said that his master was his father.” (Frederick Douglass: An American Slave) frederick, douglass, slaves, slavery, slave, captain, about, songs, douglass’s, cruel, white, owners, own, narrative, man, great, both, anthony, world, whipping, understand, overseer, one, often, mr, mother, meaning, made, lloyd’s, know, knew, house, himself, first, farm