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lecturers and authors in American history. Douglass was a firm believer in the equality of
all people, whether black, female, American Indian, or recent immigrant. He spent his
entire life advocating the brotherhood of all humankind. One of his favorite quotations
was: "I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong."
Life as a slave
Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, who later became known as Frederick Douglass,
was born a slave in Talbot County, Maryland near Hillsboro. He was separated from his
mother, Harriet Bailey, when he was still an infant. She died when Douglass was about 7.
The identity of Douglass' father is obscure; Douglass originally stated that his father was
a white man, perhaps his master, Captain Aaron Anthony, but later said he knew nothing
of his father's identity. When Anthony died, Douglass was given to Mrs. Lucretia Auld,
wife of Captain Thomas Auld. Mrs. Auld then sent Douglass to Baltimore to serve the
Captain's brother, Hugh Auld.
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