Fredrick

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass shows the struggle in his life and a wide variety of disputes along the way. It is a recollection of his personal, social life, in this narrative the reader is able appreciate Fredrick Douglass from different perspectives. Frederick Douglass was born in Tuckahoe, Maryland around 1818, like other slaves he grew up with no accurate knowledge of his own age, his mother was Harriet Bailey and rumors were that his father was his mother’s white master, Frederick was separated from his mother when he was an infant and were only able to see each other approximately five times during his childhood therefore he lived with his grandmother, Betsey Bailey until he was old enough to work.
Douglass childhood was filled with only awful memories of cruelty and inhumanity. At the age of six, he was brought into the world of slavery. After many days of traveling westward with his grandmother, they arrived the Lloyd Plantation, his first master Aaron Anthony was not considered a rich slaveholder, he owned only two or three farms, but still needed the help of an overseer, Mr. Plummer, to manage his plantations. Plummer was very cruel with Mr. Anthony’s slaves. Douglass recalls being awaked several times at dawn by the high pitched shrieks of his own aunt, whom Plummer used to tie up to a joist, and whip her naked back until she was literally covered in her own blood.

When Frederick was about seven or eight when he left the Lloyd’s plantation, and was sent to live with Mr. Hugh Auld as he describes it as one of the most interesting events of his life. His new mistress was Sophia Auld taught him how to read then Mr. Auld instructed Sophia to cease the lessons immediately, because it was prohibited by state to teach a slave how to read but this restriction failed to hinder Frederick by any means. It was from this outburst of disapproval from his master that Frederick discovered that learning how to read and write was his pathway to