frederick douglass
Frederick Douglass ******************************** Frederick Douglass was an African American who helped end slavery in the United States. ... Frederick Douglass was born on a slave estate owned by Colonel Lloyd in Talbot Country, Maryland. Douglass went through an extreme loss of dignity and hardship in his life. For many days Douglass would go without food, sharing corn mush with dozens of children who ate out of a trough on the kitchen floor. When Douglass was a baby, he was taken from his mother and given to his grandmother, and he was passed on to his Aunt Katy. Douglass mother loved him very much, and she traveled 12 miles by foot to see Douglass on another plantation. Douglass mother died when he was eight years old. When Douglass was ten years old, he went to a plantation owned by the Auld Family. ... Auld told her husband that she was teaching Douglass how to read, and he told her that “learning would spoil the best slave in the world.” These orders almost broke the heart of young Douglass. ... Douglass would often sneak away at night to receive food from a nearby friend.