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Journey through Douglass' Personal and Political Life
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This Google Map traces the important events in Frederick Douglass' life. By clicking on each pin location, you can quickly identify what was going on in his life in that particular year.
1818 - Born into slavery near Easton, Maryland 1825 - Sent to Baltimore to work as a house servant 1825 - His mother dies 1830 - Begins reading Columbian Orator 1832 - Sent to St. Michael to Thomas Auld 1832 - Sent to Mr. Covey 1835 - First attempt to escape slavery 1836 - Works as caulker under Master Hugh Auld 1838 - Escapes slavery 1841 - Joins Anti-Slavery Society and meets Garrison 1845 - Publishes "Narrative of the Life...." 1847 - Opens newspaper "The North Star" 1849 - Moves to England temporarily 1863 - Meets with President Lincoln on enlistment 1864 - Second meeting with Lincoln 1871 - Moves to Cedar Hill, Washington, D.C. 1882 - His wife dies 1884 - Marries Helen Pitts, a white woman 1895 - Douglass dies of a heart attack |
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Courtesy of: Library of Congress, NY Public Library Digital Collection, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, House Divided Project |