The plot however was discovered, though unexplained by the narrative, and the group was captured before making their escape. As a result, some of the slaves were sold south as punishment, but Douglass was allowed to return to Baltimore and the possession of Hugh Auld. Douglass returned to Baltimore as a young man around the age of eighteen determined to gain his independence.
He was allowed to learn a trade as a caulker in the city shipyards, and used his newly acquired skills to hire himself out. By , Douglass again felt that he had enough of his life as a slave, and chose the day of September 3 as his personal day of emancipation. Anna Murray, a free black woman living in Baltimore, helped to assist Douglass in escaping.
Douglass was able to procure the papers of a free black sailor who he knew from his employment in the shipyards, and used the papers as his pass to ride a train and a boat to freedom in the city of Philadelphia, and onward to New York. James W. Frederick first settled his family in Massachussets. It was here that Douglass began speaking out against the institution of slavery. He became a promenant figure in the anti-slavery community. Douglass later moved his family from Massachusetts to Rochester, New York.
Sadly the Douglass's youngest child Annie died March 13, The family purchased two row houses in the Northeast quadrant of the city in Douglass was an active member of the DC community, speaking at numerous events throughout the city. Anna Murray Douglass died at Cedar Hill in Master Andrew's brutalizing of Douglass' brother is another particularly vivid episode. The fact that it may be one half-brother brutalizing another is an underlying theme. Although Douglass does not mention it, his brother and Andrew could easily have been related since in the beginning of the Narrative, he himself speculates that Captain Anthony could have been his father.
Douglass again criticizes the use of female slaves to populate a plantation. He refers to the episode of his abandoned grandmother with great pain; after having served Captain Anthony for many decades, "peopling his plantation with slaves" "the source of all his wealth" , she is abandoned. The raping of slaves for profit is an implicit sub-text here.
John Greenleaf Whittier American abolitionist and poet. Previous Chapter VII. Next Chapter IX. William Hamilton. Master now lived in St. Not long after his marriage, a misunderstanding took place between himself and Master Hugh; and as a means of punishing his brother, he took me from him to live with himself at St.
Here I underwent another most painful separation. It, however, was not so severe as the one I dreaded at the division of property; for, during this interval, a great change had taken place in Master Hugh and his once kind and affectionate wife. The influence of brandy upon him, and of slavery upon her, had effected a disastrous change in the characters of both; so that, as far as they were concerned, I thought I had little to lose by the change.
But it was not to them that I was attached. It was to those little Baltimore boys that I felt the strongest attachment. I had received many good lessons from them, and was still receiving them, and the thought of leaving them was painful indeed. I was leaving, too, without the hope of ever being allowed to return. Master Thomas had said he would never let me return again.
The barrier betwixt himself and brother he considered impassable. I then had to regret that I did not at least make the attempt to carry out my resolution to run away; for the chances of success are tenfold greater from the city than from the country. I sailed from Baltimore for St. Michael's in the sloop Amanda, Captain Edward Dodson. On my passage, I paid particular attention to the direction which the steamboats took to go to Philadelphia. I found, instead of going down, on reaching North Point they went up the bay, in a north-easterly direction.
I deemed this knowledge of the utmost importance. My determination to run away was again revived. I resolved to wait only so long as the offering of a favorable opportunity. When that came, I was determined to be off. After Douglass fights with Covey, Douglass is. Cite this Literature Note. Sign In. Sign Up. CliffsNotes HMHco. Shakespeare Central 2. Teacher Resources 3. Shakespeare Manga 4. Test Prep Center 5. Biology Quizzes 6. Mobile Apps Top 10 LitNotes 1.
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