Frederick Douglass for Kids: His Life and Times, with 21 Activities
Jeff whose committed faith enthusiasm for our nation's history and interest in this project helped beyond measure Thank you to our son Dan and your lovely fiancée Shirley for your loving support and encouragement And thanks to our son Ben for trav eling the East Coast with Jeff and me from Mary land's Eastern Shore to Boston and New Bedford as we took photographs of the streets Frederick Dou glass walked and homes he lived
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD E TIME LINE 1817 1818 Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey is born in February a slave on Maryland's Eastern Shore 1826 Is sent to live in Baltimore as house slave for Hugh Auld family 1836 Makes first attempt to escape but I fails 1838 Escapes from slavery marries Anna Murray and changes name to Dou glass 1841 Speaks at antislavery convention in Nantucket Massachusetts and is hired as antislavery speaker 1842 Defends George Latimer case 1843 Embarks on a Hundred Conven E tions tour 1845 Publishes first autobiography Nar rative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845 Sails to England to escape capture by slave hunters Anna Murray Douglass
Harriet Beecher Stowe 1846 English friends raise money to pur chase freedom 1847 Returns to United States and begins publication of the North Star 1847 Meets with fiery abolitionist John Brown 1848 Speaks at Women's Rights Conven tion at Seneca Falls New York 1851 Splits with William Lloyd Garrison over opinions on the constitution
and how to end slavery 1852 Delivers famous speech What to the Slave is the Fourth of July 1852 Is active as leader with Liberty Party convention and Free Soil Party 1853 Accepts invitation to visit Harriet Beecher Stowe 1857 Lectures on the Dred Scott decision 1859 Flees to England after John Brown s raid on Harpers Ferry 1860 Returns to America and mourns death of youngest daughter Annie 1861 Urges the Union to emancipate the slave and raise black troops at out break of Civil War 1863 Celebrates at Tremont Temple on January 1 when Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation 1863 Recruits black troops Sons Lewis and Charles are first to enlist in New York 1863 Visits White House to ask Lincoln for equal treatment of black troops 1863 Ends publication of newspapers after 15 years 1864 Lincoln invites Douglass to White House for advice 1865 Civil War ends Douglass mourns assassination of Lincoln and speaks E at consequent gathering in Rochester
