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Born to his mother Harriet Bailey and a white man. Was born in Tuckahoe in Talbot County, Maryland.
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Frederick was moved from where he had been, for almost all of his life, to a plantation in Baltimore.
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Fredericks mistress at the time, Sophia Auld, was teaching young Frederick to read. Her husband figured out about the teaching and put an end to it.
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Frederick read the newspaper and found out that there is a movement called the abolitionist movement. He then learns out what that word means.
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Frederick Douglass is sent to work for Thomas Auld in Maryland. Here he tries to teach other slaves how to read until he is caught by Mr. Auld and is punished.
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Frederick and a few others make a plan to escape in the night. They attempt by forging passes, but they get caught and thrown in jail.
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Fredericks master, Master Hugh, agreeded to let Frederick go find his own emploment, as long as Fredrick gave him some of the profit each week.
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Frederick flees to freedom by telling Master Hugh he hasn't been receiving pay. He then soon after marries Anna Murray.
