Frederick Douglass’s Emotional Meeting With the Man Who ... - HISTORY
WEBFeb 13, 2018 · His owner and overseer, Aaron Anthony, fed enslaved children from troughs and mercilessly whipped slaves who did not obey his orders quickly enough.
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WEBApr 7, 2024 · He personally owned both Betsy Bailey and her five daughters (Betsy's husband was a free black man); one of Betsy's daughters, Harriet, gave birth in 1818 to Frederick, later known as Frederick Douglass, the …
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WEBDec 2, 2018 · Douglass never knew the accurate identity of his father, although some evidence indicates that it was either his first owner, Aaron Anthony, or his second owner, Thomas Auld, to whom he was...
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WEBApr 19, 2019 · He was born on the Holme Hill Farm, which was owned by his then-master, Aaron Anthony. His mother was a still young woman named Harriet Bailey. He was probably born in his grandmother Betsy...
Aaron Anthony in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass …
WEBCharacter Analysis. Anthony is Douglass's first master and, Douglass suggests, possibly his father. White fathers of slaves were not prone to love or paternal affection, and Anthony is no exception. He completely ignores Douglass and brutally whips his slaves.
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WEBOct 20, 2023 · Among the items featured is the handwritten ledger of Douglass’ first enslaver, Aaron Anthony, documenting the births of most of Douglass’ maternal relatives: his grandmother Betsey in 1774...
Aaron Anthony’s Holme Hill Farm | Caroline County Historical …
WEB“Aaron Anthony, who had grown up in the district east of the Tuckahoe, regarded the land he acquired [Holme Hill Farm] as nothing but an investment and a place to keep his slaves. He and his family never lived on the Tuckahoe property; their home was a rent-free house on Colonel Edward Lloyd’s palatial estate, a dozen miles westward on Wye ...
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WEB1818. Born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, a slave, in Tuckahoe, Talbot County, Maryland. Mother is a slave, Harriet Bailey, and father is a white man, rumored to be his master, Aaron Anthony. He had three older siblings, Perry, Sarah, and Eliza.
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WEBJun 16, 2023 · Aaron Anthony managed the plantation where Douglass’s entry in the ledger reads, “Frederick Augustus, son of Harriet, Feby. 1818.” “Augustus” probably came from his Uncle Augustus, Harriet’s brother. After escaping bondage, he changed his name to Frederick Douglass.
Frederick Douglass MSA SC 5496-13800 - Maryland State Archives
WEBHe believed that he was born about 1817, but a ledger for Captain Aaron Anthony, Douglass’ first master, lists Fredrick Augustus, son of Harriot, born February 1818. 1 Frederick's mother was hired out by Anthony and only saw young Fredrick four or five times in his life. 2 According to Douglass it was believed that his master Aaron Anthony ...