Frederick Douglass
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- Fredrick Douglasses master, Auld, was very cruel and deprived his slaves of many necessities. Fredrick Douglass and his family and friends were starving and given very little food. They were also given food with no nutritional value or benefits, such as corn bushel.
- Please Master! We need food to continue with this hard labor!
- Coveys farm is by a bay, so Frederick sees a lot of boats pass. The boats symbolize freedom, and Frederick doesn’t understand why he has to be enslaved while others are free. This sparks a desire in him, and he decides that he wants to escape.
- Because of Fredericks mischievous, disobedient recent behavior, Auld, Frederick’s current maser, decides to rent him to Edward Covey. Edward Covey is known for fixing problem slaves. This is a very vital turning point in these chapters.
- When Fredrick returned to Covey’s he decided he wasn’t going to take being treated like this anymore. The next time Covey tried to whip him, Frederick fought back. They fought for about 2 hours and after Covey claimed that he had won and ended up still whipping Frederick. This was not the case, Covey never laid another hand on Fredrick
- While at Covey’s farm, Frederick is forced to work in the fields for the first time ever. He is tasked with oxen. He fails at containing them, and this leads to his first whipping, which becomes very frequent.
- After an attempt to run away from Coveys whipping, Frederick finds himself in the woods. He runs into a women named Sandy, and she gives him a root that she believes will protect him from the cruel acts of Covey.
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