Frederick_Douglass__A_Lifetime_Of_Achievement

Frederick Douglass: A Lifetime Of Achievement Fredrick Douglass: A Lifetime of Achievement “A new world had opened upon me. Anguish and grief, like darkness and rain, may be depicted, but gladness and joy, like the rainbow, defy the skill of pen and pencil.” These are the words that Frederick Douglass spoke when he gained his freedom. Douglass was born a slave, but died a freeman. He fought all his life to be free and to free others. He not only fought for the rights of slaves, but for the rights of women. Frederick Douglass was one of the most powerful and influential speakers of his time. Frederick Bailey was born February of 1818 on Holmes Hill Farm. The farm was located near the town of Easton in Maryland. It was owned by Aaron Anthony. Harriet Bailey, Frederick’s mother, worked in the fields surrounding the Holmes Hill Farm. Frederick was not raised by his mother, but by his grandmother until the age of six. Frederick had begun his life as a slave. He joined his brother and sisters on the Anthony farm. The children were treated like animals. They were fed from a trough and were given douglass, frederick, blacks, slaves, slavery, rights, auld, slave, became, sent, even, began, years, paper, one, new, freedom, free, fight, out, needed, lincoln, life, hugh, bill, back, washington, time, though, right, realized, president, money