Frederick Douglass characters

harriet bailey

Douglass mother who dies when he is only 7

did not know her very well and was mostly raised by his grandmother

captain anthony

his first master and possible father

oversees all the slaves on the property

whips Aunt Hester

Edward Lloyd

boss of captain anthony who owns all the slaves and property

very brutal to all of the slaves

mr hopkins

another overseer on Lloyds plantation who takes over for Mr. Severe (brutal slave owner) and is way less severe

mr. gore

shot demby the slave who refused to leave a creek after a whipping

used as an example for the lack of protection for enslaved people

Hugh Auld

thomas aulds brother who occasionally borrows Douglass

lives in baltimore

recognizes the immoral issues with slavery and still proceeds

sophia auld

Hughs wife who changes drastically with the power of slavery

tries to teach Douglass to read but is stopped by hugh

Lucrieta auld

daugther of captian Anthony who inherits douglass after he dies

Thomas Auld

gained his slaves through his wife

very snobby and uses religion as a way to justify slavery

sends Douglass to Mr. Covey for a year

refuses to allow Douglass to hire his time

Giles Hicks

wife beat a slave girl to death who was not held accountable

used as another example of the lack of protection to slaves

Beals Bondy

plantation owner near Lloyd

shot and killed a slave and there were no consequences

used as another example of the lack of protection to slaves

sandy jenkins

gave Douglass the magic root that would save him from a whipping

very superstitious

william Hamilton

the father of thomas auld’s second wife

he arrests douglass in his attempt to escape

Mr Covey

known as the slave breaker who takes in misbehaved slaves and whips them into shape

douglass beats him up

mr freeland

douglass owner after covey who is relatively kind and fair

douglass sneakily makes a plan to escape that fails when he is here

Mr wilson

a young white man who attempted to teach slaves how to read with a sabbath school

appears when douglass is with the auld family

Henny

the elderly slave who was crippled since birth and was abused severely by thomas auld

Walter Price

the ship builder who helps Douglass become a experienced craftsman and pays him for it

Anna

a free black woman who helps Douglass escape and they get married

William Lloyd Garrison

abolitionist; hires Douglass to work for the liberator