Fredrick Douglass

Fredrick Douglass(born Frederick Augustus Washington Baily) was born as a young slave in Tuckhoe in Febraury 1818 to his mother Harriet Bailey. Fredrick was taken from his mother as a young child and sent to Lloyd Plantation with his master Aaron Anthony in 1824. Fredrick only got to see his mother about four or five times before she died in 1826. After the death of his mother he was sent to live Hugh and Sophia Auld in …

…From 1844-45 He wrote The Narrative and published it on May 28 1845 in Boston. In 1847 he started his own newspaper called "The North Star", it was published on December 3 of that same year. In 1851 Fredrick decided to change the name his newspaper to "Fredrick Douglass Paper". On February 20th 1895 fredrick Douglass died of a heart attack, leaving behide his his wife and four children. Still to this day Fredrick Douglass is remember for his great work.