On the other hand, Frederick Douglass was born in a village called Tuckahoe in Talbot County, Maryland (Douglass 15). Furthermore, Douglass did not have any knowledge to who his father was. But, Harriet Bailey, Frederick Douglass's mother, in the midst of her death whispered that his master was his father. However, Douglass refused to give his mother's whisper credence (Douglass 156). On the other hand, Frederick Douglass was raised in a cabin by his grandmother and grandfather, Betsy and Isaac Bailey. Betsey Baily, Douglass's grandmother, was a nurse who invented the fishing net, which was in high demand in other villages around Maryland at the time. Likewise, Betsy Bailey also succeeded in the growth of sweet potatoes. Douglass states, "Grandmamma Betty but touches them at planting, they will be sure to grow" (141). While living with his grandparents as a young boy, Frederick Douglass had no knowledge that he was a slave. Moreover, Douglass's grandparents, at that time, did not seem to be under a superior authority. However, as Frederick Douglass grew older, he learned that the small hut that they were living in did not belong to his grandmother, instead, to a person his grandmother referred to as "Old Master" (Douglass 143). In addition, Douglass also later learned that his grandmother was a slave to the old master. Therefore, Douglass's days living with his grandmother were numbered before he was to be taken away to be a slave to the old master. When Frederick Douglass arrived at Col. Lloyd's Plantation, he was deceived by his grandmother to play with his brothers and sisters who he just met for the first time. Furthermore, while playing with his brothers and sisters, Frederick Douglass was separated apart from his grandmother who returned home after cunningly abandoning her grandson. Nevertheless, Douglass documents, "The separation from his grandmother was the heaviest of his childhood sorrows" (144).