Covey's Plantation
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- Fredrick Douglass left Mr. Thomas Aulds house on January 1st, 1833. Douglass was sent to work on Covey’s plantation. Douglass’s master Covey, was a very experienced breaker for slaves. On Covey’s Plantation, Douglass was a field hand which means he worked for farm labor. Covey treated all of the slaves appallingly, they worked all day, sometimes all night and they have one daily break for a meal with less than five minutes to finish it. Covey made the slaves work in all types of weather no matter how cold or hot it was. Covey still made them work and if they disobeyed they would get punished by Covey and his whip.
- Working at Covey’s plantation was very hard for Douglass. He often made mistakes and was punished substantially for them. Douglass was treated worse than the other slaves because he had knowledge that the other slaves didn’t. One day in August 1833 it was scorching outside and Douglass, William Hughes, and Eli who is another slave were fanning wheat. The heat caused Douglass to get very sick and he fell down on the ground and couldn’t even get up. Covey came over to see why the fan had stopped and one of the workers told Covey where Douglass was and Covey kicked Douglass brutally on the side while Douglass was on the ground and told him to get up. Douglass tried but couldn’t get up, Covey kicked him again and then took a piece of wood and smacked Douglass on the top of the head with it causing Douglass to bleed.
- After the beating Douglass goes to visit his old master and ask for help from Covey, but he gets sent back to Covey’s the next morning. When Douglass got back to the plantation, he ran away from Covey not wanting to get a whipping and hid in the cornfield. After Covey left expecting Douglass to come back for food Douglass went and spent a lot of the day in the woods. At night Douglass runs into a fellow slave named Sandy Jenkins, Sandy was on his way to see his free wife who lived about 4 miles from the plantation. Sandy invited Douglass to come home with him and he did. Sandy gave Douglass advice that would help him greatly. Douglass rejected the idea at first and then changed his mind because of how powerfully Sandy had explained it.
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