Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in 1818 in Maryland. He taught himself to read and write and eventually escaped to the North in 1838. He became a famous abolitionist, publishing an autobiography of his life as a slave. Douglass advocated for the end of slavery and equal rights. He advised President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War and worked as a diplomat, lecturer, and newspaper editor for the rest of his life until his death in 1895.

1. Words Set Me Free:
The Life Of
Frederick Douglass
By Michael Penn
Third Grade
March 13, 2013

2. These things happened to them as
examples and were written down as
warnings for us, on whom the
fulfillment of the ages has come.
1 Corinthians 10:11

3. Frederick Douglass
 February 1818 – February 1895
 77 years old - heart attack
 Born near Easton, Maryland, Great House Farm
 Holme Hill Farm, Talbot County, Maryland
 Abolitionist
 Newspaper editor
 Presidential advisor of Abraham Lincoln

4. February 1818 – February 1895
77 years old - heart attack
Born near Easton, Maryland
Abolitionist
Newspaper editor
Presidential advisor to Abraham Lincoln

5. Slave children
eating cornmeal
mush from a
animal trough.

6. 1826 - eight years old
 Travels to Baltimore
 To work for Hugh
Auld
 Became a city slave
instead of a
plantation slave
 His wife, Sophia
taught Frederick the
alphabet
 He practiced writing
on fences

7. 1835 – seventeen years old
 Frederick was sent to work
for Mr. Freeland
 He started a illegal school
with Henry, John, and
Handy
 He planned an escape with
five slaves
 They were captured and
imprisoned
 Mr. Auld released him and
he was hired as ship
caulker

8. 1838-twenty years old
 Frederick escapes to
New York by train
 Marries Anna Murray

9. 1841 – twenty-three years old
 Invited to speak at an anti-slavery meeting
 Became a lecturer on the abolition of slavery
 Travels widely in the East and Midwest
lecturing against slavery and campaigning for
rights of free Blacks

10. 1845 – twenty-seven years old
 Wrote and published, Narrative of the Life of
Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
 Editor of The North Star, an abolitionist
newspaper

11. 1874- Named president of Freedman's
Savings and Trust Company.
1877-Appointed U.S. Marshall of the District
of Columbia.
Douglass Washington, D.C. home

12. I admire his
Christian Character Qualities…
 Endurance
 Faith
 Good personality
 He spoke up for
others in slavery and
about women’s rights
to vote
 He was the most
famous runaway
slave in America

13. It is important to remember Frederick
Douglass because he taught himself to
read and words set him free. I believe
education is important.

14. References
Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young
Frederick Douglass by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and
African Americans by Kadir Nelson
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglasss: The
Story Behind an American Friendship by
Russell Freedman
Slaves Who Dared: The Stories of Ten African
American Heroes by Mary Garrison

15. “If there is no struggle, there is no
progress. Those who profess to favor
freedom, and yet depreciate agitation,
are men who want crops without
plowing up the ground. They want rain
without thunder and lightning. They
want the ocean without the awful roar
of its many waters. This struggle may
be a moral one; or it may be a physical
one; or it may be both moral and
physical; but it must be a struggle.”

16. “Upon the subject of education,
I view it as the most important
subject which we as a people
can be engaged in.”
Abraham Lincoln

17. “Mr. Douglass, never come to Washington without
calling upon me.” Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas were born poor.
Both were self-educated and fought against slavery. (1863)

18. His sons Lewis (20) and Charles
(18) fought in the Civil War.

19. Vocabulary words:
Abolish: to do away with; put an end to: to abolish
slavery.
Abolitionist: (especially prior to the Civil War) a
person who advocated or supported the
abolition of slavery in the U.S.
Abolish, abolitionist. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged. Retrieved March 13,
2013, from Dictionary.com website:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/abolitionist

20. Bible principles
The fear of the LORD is the beginning
of knowledge, But fools despise
wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7
“For I know the plans I have for you,”
declares the Lord, “plans to prosper
you and not to harm you, plans to give
you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11

21. Then said Jesus to
those…believed on him,
“If ye continue in my
word, then are you my
disciples indeed; And
you shall know the truth,
and the truth shall make
you free.” John 8:31, 32

22. “Love the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul and with
all your mind and with all your
strength. Love your neighbor as
yourself. There is no commandment
greater than these.”
Mark 12:30-31

23. Words Set Me Free:
The Life of
Frederick Douglass