The Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass

Fredrick Douglass Unit

Fredrick Douglass

Harriet Bailey

Fredrick Douglass’ mother, lived 12 miles away on a different plantation.

Mr. Stewart

Owned the plantation where Fredrick Douglass’ mom stayed.

Mr. Plummer

The overseer on the plantation Fredrick Douglass lived on.

Tuckahoe

The place where Fredrick Douglass was born.

Baltimore

A place mainly meant for white rich men, it was rare for a slave to be allowed to see Baltimore

Watching his Aunt getting beaten

This moment is important because it expands Fredrick Douglass’ ideas on how slaves were actually treated

Hearing songs created by slaves

Fredrick Douglass’ conception on the dehumanizing character of slavery comes to life realizing what these songs were created for.

Receiving very little monthly and yearly supplies

Seeing how few items a month/year you’re given opened the eyes of Douglass realizing how poorly slaves are treated.

Douglass not knowing his exact age

This shows that slaves are taken seriously, and aren’t given the knowledge of age like white people are

Douglass’ mother living 12 miles away

Douglass doesn’t have someone to take care of him, along with not being able to see his mother while she was sick, most white kids would be granted permission to see their mother when she was sick.

Slaves constantly being sold on the plantation

Douglass realizes at any chance he could be the next one to go, and how unfair it is to constantly move places when he just got used to where he was originally staying.

man vs. society

Fredrick Douglass wasn’t allowed to express him emotions to anyone because society deemed slaves as lower than people.

man vs. man

Douglass’ Aunt had been whipped for disobeying orders, but the man she had also been in company with wasn’t affected.

Trapped

A reoccurring idea in the first two chapters of Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass is being in a place where freedom isn’t an option. They have no other choice but to stay on the plantation.