Frederick Douglass was born into slavery on Holmes Hill Farm near the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1818, and was given the name Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, after his mother Harriet Bailey. Frederick's mother, Harriet Baily, worked the cornfields surrounding Holmes Hill. He new very little about his father, except that he was a white man, although it was rumored that his mother’s master, Captain Aaron Anthony, had fathered him. Frederick began working in the fields at age six. Living life under his mother’s master was miserable. He was denied adequate amounts food, clothing, and shelter, and was often beaten.

In 1826 Frederick was sent to Baltimore to the home of Hugh and Sophia Auld, who were relatives of his master. Sophia Auld began to grow very fond of Frederick, and even began to teach Frederick to read from the bible, but when her husband became aware of the situation he ordered her to stop. He believed that slaves should not be taught to read or write. By this time F

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