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Frederick was born
On Febuary 14th, 1818 Fredrick Augustus Washington Bailey was born at Holme Hill Farm. -
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Frederick Douglass Timeline
15 major events of Frederick Douglasses life. -
Frederick Moves
Fredrick Douglass Moves to Wye River Plantation to go live with his siblings, Perry, Sarah and Eliza. -
Frederick learns to read
Fredrick ask Sophia Auld to teach to read until Hugh Auld found out and made her stop. He believed that when slaves are educated it makes them revolt. -
Frederick Douglass teaches
Sent to St. Micheals, Maryland where he works for Thomas Auld. Tries to teach other slaves to read until Auld disovers it and stops him. -
Sunday School
Hired out to work for William Freeland, a Talbot County, Maryland, Farmer. Secretly organizes Sunday school and teaches other slaves to read. -
Escape plan
Makes an escape plan but is discovered, jailed, and then released. He returns to Work for Hugh and Sophia Auld in Baltimore and is hired out to work as a caulker in a Baltimore shipyard. The knowledge he gains there help in him escaping slavery two years later. -
Joins Mental Improvements
Joins the East Baltimore Mental Improvement Society, a debating club of free black men. Through the society, he meets a free Aferican-American housekeeper, Anna Murray. -
Frederick Escapes
Borrowing papers from a free black sailor, he escpaes from slavery to New York and Changes his last name to Johnson. -
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Doulgass
Publishes Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,. In it, he reveals details that cous lead to his arrest as a fugitive slave. Begins tour of Great Britian and Ireland, lecturing on slavery with abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison. Raises money to "Purchase" his freedom, Auld recevies $711.66 in payment. -
1st women's rights convention
Participat in first women rights convention, Seneca Falls, New York. -
My Bondange and My Freedom
Publication of his second autobiography, My Bondage and My Freedom. -
Meets with Lincoln
Meets with Lincoln, in case the war is not a total Union Victory, Lincoln asks Douglass to prepare an effort to assist slaves escaping to the North. -
President of the Trouble Freedmen's savings and Trust Company
Becomes president of the troubled Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company. Works with the chairman of the Senate Finace Commitee to save the bank, which ultimately fails. -
The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
Publishes his third and final autobiography, The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. -
Frederick Douglass's death
Speaks at a meeting of the National Council of women in Washington, D.C. Dies suddenly that evening of heart failure while describing the meeting to his wife.
