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FREDERICK’S
JOURNEY
The Life ofFrederick Douglass
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ILLUSTRATED BY LONDON LADD
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*5=IFrederick w«taken from his mother
when he wala baby anti
lent to livewith hist(jrandpn
Ifix motherslaved six daysa week
from sunrise to sunset
on another farm twelve miles away-
She loured to see Frederick,but
walking the twenty four miles round trip
anti getting Iwk by dawn
was almost im|Hi*sible-
Only live timesdul he feel
Iter loving arms around him.
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by light ofday.She wouldlie down with me
andget me to sleep but lonjbefore I waked.
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lie heard whispers that a m*n
Old Master was hut father.
Hut he wa* never sure. iLrt-ffiC
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Euirwu free
(irjnilmolhrr Ihrisey was a «bvt.
She cared forall hergrandchildren.
knowing hniv yminl'ul it would be
when she had io give ihcm up.
Her loving hunJtluilicil Kmlcrirk.
fctl him,nursed him,JLIHI hugged him.
1le ran freely among thecornstalk*.
which tickled hi* faceanti leg*.
1le wattled u|uirrvliscamperop trees
and bui>'their nuts in Ihrearth.
Grandmamma taught him to li*h-
If It* dipped hit thread line and pin hook
into tin* water butgot only nibbles,
while she sL'ixipvtJ up scores of
shad with her handmade pets.
|"Lry/rt0ivÿt* ffryjJmotherr ‘4,
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njhoiie kifKirutM fend love
stoud in pluce ofmy mother
it wa**ome time before
Iknew my*etf to bea *i(ive."

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The siiiiiinfr hewusix,
hi*pwnrr ordered Insgrandm-olher
let Uring FKiltfifk lt> him,
Ilerlÿviitg hjmJ trembled as they wiilltcil
twelve miles EC a place with grand houtiea
arid hundmliul black men,women,and children.
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Grandmammasaid.. pointing to three children.
“Goand phv with[hem.H
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u/fcnf they u*er<? fo me,or I to fhtam.
Rrother# and sister* we tuero by blood.
Itut tlauery had made us strangers*f
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az I'nsJefirk Inircd iha[ ifhe placed with(hem.
Insgrandmother wnuld leave without him.
Shedid,and he wept.
“Grandmamma too* afl the World to me”

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55§ One rtu(Tim(j, K'reJiminK wob him.
Oltl Miner wu nhoulinjuglLv wninla
uiJ whipping Frdrrick'p Aym lÿher.
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rll iva* hutheii. terrified,tffuri/ied,
and coulddo nothing,
Herfate might be mine next**
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hie Uw mult beiliitgiirul
A Few limes, Fill [he whip[in
Another iunt nn away,
Try a> Old Muterdid*
heloulii mil nnet her.
hist hack.
"Her succpgtf made me
veriniinly think ofCKOpe.,r
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Alter twoycaft,Old Mutergil!«l Frederick
lonrtHiiws in lUdiimore.Mfliyland-
free btneit-i lived and wurkv<l thcrc-
Kiuiew rnijirm, Sophia AnId,gave hpitt
J.clean ahirtaWI panta to wftif-
IIc ate at a table now and
alcpE in aj|r»w bed with acover,
lIccared for MistressSophia»[wo-ycar-otdi Tnmmÿ,
In hii Irtc time,hewasallowed
to ;ihv in the neighborhood
with ;xKir white Ixivt hhage.
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the alphabet and simplewords
MO hecould read the Bible.
E Ur husband was furious,
|h imisiirtj that reading
"u/Utforever urfH him
for the dutict ofa slaoe_rr
Sheslopped teachinghim.

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“For a tingle biscuit.
my hungry little tfl/nrdden
wouldgive mea lesson
more uaitiaW fhuJi brewt**
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4Hut KrtiltriiktenuHlthit tvoriLhad power.
Whilethe liiinHy *1ep!.
he iiu.Lakrd into the libraryand
wuntlÿl LHLIE ivtji’ds in IHWLI.
With hiswhileplaymates.
he iwh>l IHHM.1 Tor wtnnli
in hiscopy book. . tmrnii
1Jj.V l)y day.muniIt liy month.
yv«r byyear;hJ nlerarul harder»onk
IIt?eudd nal slop,even lhough
herisked whippingsifFcnml
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SiKjÿiniiitr. Fredrick returned lo hiiold mailer.
ivhn{lied llw followingyeti.
I’redtrick'i new nunr Found him /
"mg Uppily"for*ilivc, f
He hod ID IM uugln J Iciun.
Herented Predtfkk 10
*farmer
wholUrvtd Kim.worked Kim.and whipped Kim
until hiaipiril wai brokenand
he trapped dreaming afInttlom. L
Then uneduy Pitderickfaÿi back.
new hr might lie killed fordoing w-

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“This belliJe wa* tb*tunting-point
(TI my itfe a# ci idcrye./ man a MAN riotu
It inspired me Uifth a renewed
determination to b*> A FRFK MAN.**
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wherehelullin lovewith Anna Murray.
Hut it WRJ hiipelm|o think nfmarriage,
He wasa slave; Anna a lr« black,
Forthem to he together.
Frederick would have to escape to the North.
Anna would follow.
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Thesecond time,he posed asa free seaman,
Ile jumped onto JI moving train heading north.
Theconductorasked for his papersand
didn t realize that his paper* dcserilled someone else.
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Finally In?arrived in New York City.
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tiFnteeurÿh tmrter myfeet!
A new world."
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Frederick wnl iorAnrÿ..u-nl ihcy nui'htil.
I'hvv moved to New IlccHur'd,JUaMKj<liu.srlL&.
i!ÿ took 1* ntw !.ÿ».[ HJ nit. I hmÿLjui,
to HIJ kt- it msji’c rJillit ulL kir hi"(iwncf
ILI iroitlt hiindciwn.
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Ad Jar wieit tu Jndiarui jnd Illinois.
I3l- i|xikE J tn.huI Itil lif( a? it sLv*
nnd-nbout fntjudiLC in the North-
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“1utenl in pursuit ofajob ofr-aidkfriÿ
but swfrJ] Luafl rhf prejudice against cotur
that whiterflwlfttn refutedio work with me"
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Many Northern while*did not like urtun ht aaid.
They threw it him iml bcol him up-
But nothingsloped hint from ipttfkiflg the irtiifi.
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|Many wJiitt pcopJrdid nt« bflim
| iliar Frederick,who Hpokf m well,
CQU|HJ fiuiv everIwena slave.
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He wanted ;iru]ile IO believe him,
M> lie wrote his autulmigraphy,
Ilc did nm shy away Irum
naming hi*ownerand deBcriljij'ig
cheplaces he'd lived.
lib friends warned that this put him in danger.
He did i(anyway.Ilis book becamea best seller
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Frederick unhappily left his family and
wvnl toCrnt hritoJnand Ireland,
wilere slavery'WAS outlawed.
For theKm time in his life,
he fell trulyfree,
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moment* <fmy!{fe in thix country/*

frwdon,forJ7)096
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Heneiumed homeandnanaj
»P*ec}iw,
11in Hthfrl,
,n articlesand
'What.t„,v Aner/ron
«>U,,A(yrÿprifihis,
*nBcrcd not mine.
mourn."
somepeople
‘‘,k0,dth«*°>n*n.0,totllhauethe right tooate"
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THE NO H STAR.fclCHT IS OF NO SEX-TRUTH is or NO COLOR -COff 1S ™EFATHER OF US ALU AND ALL WE ARE BRETHREN
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11 wa> A trim# to help runaway ilaves.
Frederick admired llarriel Tubman,
a dormer ilarc,who Hiked herIHe,
lo lead Qikcri to freetlom.
Ho witiie her:
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'*Th<r midnight wky and the tilent
atom haue been the witnen*
ofyour devotion tofreedom."
Anna and Frederick defied the law.loo
They liecomerenduclwton
the Underground Railroad and
hid whoever knocked on theirdoor,
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%The in*ue exploded min
fj civil war Ijfiwten[he North and South.
Prudent Lincoln hail bill many[into ,
that tlavery tvis evil, but insisted
hedid not havethe imwcr lo end il. f
After[wo rati ofwar, herhanged 1
his mind arid iuucil the
Kmancipadtiri IVDilinit.iiutn.
It Ireed million*nl black Americans-
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Men.u/ornÿn.yuungand old.utere up;
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w hen die news,wuannnuncetl.
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After louryear*,the North won the war.
Elm Frederick* hflji|)ine** WJU marred
when Lincoln WJS killed.
Shivery was now ended tvfrjTvhrrc
in|hr United Stale*.
Ikil Frederick saw more work ahead-
"Slaveryis no* abolished
until the black man Afla the ballot/*
The new president,Andrew Johnson,
did not agree with FVederick.
So Frederick look lo the rated again
toconvince other*.
It look four moreyear* until
the lawmakersagreed to give black men the vote.
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—Imin M IBLVC" rn free nun,
from illitfrale ID educated,
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It hid beena(MilieuIt journey
-* He knew h» proplf litccd
mencMITimlitc* iKnul.
He t»rten reminded them:
A ‘‘What is possiblefor mi?
is passiblefor you.J*jy
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