Timeline of Douglass's Life
Timeline of Douglass’s Life
1818
February
Born into slavery as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey on Holme Hill Farm plantation at Tuckahoe, near the town of Easton, Talbot County, on the eastern shore of Maryland. Rumored to be the son of Captain Aaron Anthony, the master of his mother, Harriet Bailey.
1819—23
Raised in a cabin by his grandmother Betsey Bailey at Holme Hill Farm. Rarely saw his mother because she worked as a field hand on another farm.
1824
August
Sent to live in the home of Aaron Anthony, the overseer of the Wye River plantation of the powerful Lloyd family, twelve miles away from Holme Hill Farm. Lived with his siblings Perry, Sarah, and Eliza under the care of “Aunt Katy,” Harriet Bailey’s cousin. Chosen to be the companion of twelve-year-old Daniel Lloyd, the youngest son of Edward Lloyd.
1825
c. 14 February
Visited for the last time by his mother, who died in late 1825 or early 1826.
1826
March
Sent to the Fells Point district of Baltimore to work for Hugh Auld, a ship carpenter and the brother-in-law of Aaron Anthony’ s daughter, Lucretia Auld.