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Year he was born into slavery
there is not an exact date of when Fredrick Douglass was born but there is a exact year -
Fredrick Moves to Plantation on Wye River
When Douglass was near the age of six, his grandmother walked with him twelve miles from his childhood cabin to the Wye House Plantation -
Fredrick is sent to Baltimore to Live with Hugh Auld
Chosen to be the companion of Daniel Lloyd -
Douglass Learns of Abolitionist Movement
African-American abolitionist Frederick Douglass first saw The Columbian Orator around the age of twelve, just after he learned to read -
Douglass's First Attempt to Escape Slavery
But by now, Frederick did not care about having a kind master. All Frederick wanted was his freedom. -
Fredrick Douglass Escapes From Slavery
On September 3, 1838, abolitionist, journalist, author, and human rights advocate Frederick Douglass made his dramatic escape -
Douglass Subscribes to the Liberator
He subscribed to William Lloyd Garrison's weekly journal The Liberator, and in 1841 heard Garrison speak at a meeting of the Bristol Anti-Slavery Society. At one of these meetings, Douglass was unexpectedly asked to speak. -
Douglass Speaks at Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society Convention
In 1841, Douglass spoke about his slave experiences at a convention of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society -
Douglass Publishes Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Douglass' best-known work is his first autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, published in 1845. -
Douglass Begins Sheltering Escaped Slaves Fleeing North on the "Underground Railroad."
As a major Stationmaster on the Underground Railroad he directly helped hundreds on their way to freedom through his adopted home city of Rochester, NY. -
Douglass Becomes President of Freedman's Savings and Trust Company
Becomes president of the troubled Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company. Works with the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee to save the bank, witch fails horribly -
Frederick Douglass Marries Helen Pitts
Douglass marries Helen Pitts, a white woman who had been his secretary when he was recorder of deeds. The interracial marriage causes controversy among the Douglasses' friends, family, and the public. -
Douglass Delivers Speech at the World's Fair
Frederick Douglass, "Lecture on Haiti" address delivered at the dedication of the Haitian Pavilion at the World's Fair -
Day Fredrick Douglas Died
The date Fredrick Douglas died
