Shomari

Fredrick Douglas Fredrick was born on February 1818. Fredrick Douglas was born in Holme Hill Farm, Talbot County, Maryland. Douglas lived in Talbot County most of his life. Fredrick was a slave, was against slavery, and an Abolitionist. Fredrick Douglas died on February 20th 1895. He had a family, but was separated from it. Fredrick Douglas was educated. When Fredrick was a slave he worked on a plantation and John Auld a slave owner owned Fredrick. Slaves got beat when the didn’t listen. The worked in fields and did hard labor for whites. Yes Fredrick did try to runaway, But he didn’t get in serious trouble. If slaves tried to runaway they would have got beat or body parts cut off. By Fredrick being in groups like Anti-slavery he showed that he was against slavery. “If there is no struggle there is no progress” a quote from Fredrick. It means in order to see progress and change sometimes you have to struggle and try harder.