Narrative On The Life Of Frederick Douglass

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Founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society. meets Douglass when Douglass is persuaded to tell his history at an abolitionist convention in Nantucket in 1841. Immediately impressed with Douglass’s poise and with the power of his story, he hires him for the abolitionist cause

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William Lloyd Garrison

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President of the American Anti-Slavery Society

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Wendell Phillips

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Douglass’s mother, separated from him at birth, would attempt to see him by walking twelve miles at night, dies when Douglas is young

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Harriet Bailey

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Douglass’s first master and probably his father and the clerk for Colonel Lloyd. Supervises his overseers, Very cruel, Called “captain” because he once piloted ships in the Chesapeake Bay.

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Captain Anthony

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Douglass’s extremely beautiful aunt, Capt. Anthony is very interested in her and she suffers countless beatings at his hands

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Aunt Hester

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Captain Anthony’s daughter and Thomas Auld’s wife.

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Lucretia

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Captain Anthony’s boss and Douglass’s first owner, insists on extreme subservience from his slaves and often punishes them unjustly

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Colonel Edward Lloyd

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Lucretia Auld’s husband and Hugh Auld’s brother, did not own slaves, but gained them through marriage

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Captain Thomas Auld

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highly superstitious, a representative of all uneducated, superstitious slaves,is kind to Douglass when Douglass runs away from Covey’s, but the Narrative also implies that they may have informed William Freeland about Douglass’s plans to escape.

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Sandy Jenkins

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Douglass’s keeper for two years following his time with Covey. is the most fair and straightforward of all Douglass’s masters and is not hypocritically piou

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William Freeland

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A Baltimore shipbuilder, Hugh Auld sends Douglass to him to learn the trade of caulking.

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William Gardner

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Douglass’s wife, marry in New York and then move to New Bedford, Massachusetts

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Anna Murray

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A Massachusetts worker and abolitionist,immediately kind and helpful to the Douglasses, loaning them money, helping Douglass find work, and suggesting Douglass’s new name. is well informed on national politics and keeps a nice household.

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Nathan Johnson

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Where was Douglass born?

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Tukahoe, Maryland

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Douglass' age?

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doesnt know for sure, between twenty seven and twenty eight

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Douglass' mother?

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Harriet Bailey

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Douglass' father?

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white man, most likely Captain Anthony

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How old was Douglass when his mother died?

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seven

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His first cruel overseer at Colonel Lloyd's?

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Plummer

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first master?

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Captain Anthony

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overseer who swore, beat, passed away shortly after Douglass arrived

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Mr. Severe

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Colonel Lloyd's plantation was called what by slaves?

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Great House Farm

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How did Lloyd keep slaves out of his fruit garden?

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tar

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What happens to Douglass at age seven?

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He is sent to Captain Anthony’s son‑in‑law’s brother, Hugh Auld, who lives in Baltimore.

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Hugh’s wife, has never had slaves before, and therefore she is surprisingly kind to Douglass at first. She even begins to teach Douglass to read, until her husband orders her to stop, saying that education makes slaves unmanageable

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Sophia Auld

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After the deaths of Captain Anthony and his remaining heirs, Douglass is taken back to serve who?

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Thomas Auld, Captain Anthony’s son‑in‑law.

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a mean man made harsher by his false religious piety.

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Thomas Auld

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a man known for “breaking” slaves, eventually he and Douglass have a two hour fight and he never touches him again

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Edward Covey

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After his year with Covey ends Douglass is rented to who next?

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Freeland

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What does Douglass do while at Freeland's?

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educates some other slaves and plans an escape. however, someone rats them out and they are sent to jail.

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After Freeland's where is Douglass sent?

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back to Baltimore to learn about ship caulking

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What does Douglass encounter in Baltimore?

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white men's fear that the increasing amount of black men will take their jobs

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How is Douglass able to earn money to escape?

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Douglass receives permission from Hugh Auld to hire out his extra time. He saves money bit by bit and eventually makes his escape to New York

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Why does Douglass not tell great details of his escape route?

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in order to protect the safety of future slaves who may attempt the journey

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Why and what does Douglass change his name from?

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to avoid being captured and Baily

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Anna Murray and Douglass move where?

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Massachussetes where Douglass becomes an orator and abolitionist