Frederick Baily Douglass
Frederick Baily was born into slavery in the month of Febuary, 1818 on Holmes Hill Frarm near the town of Eaton, Maryland. Frederick's mother, Harriet Baily, worked the cornfields surrounding Holmes hill. He knew little of his father except that the man was white. As a child, he had heard rumors that the master, Aaron Anthony, was his father. Because Harriet Baily was required to work long hours in the fields, Frederick had been sent to live with his grandmother, Betsey Baily.
At age 6, Frederick's grandmother had told him that they were taking a long journ…
