Who Is Frederick Douglas Cruel Than Other Slaves?

Frederick Douglas was born February 1818 in Talbot county Maryland. The date of his birth is not positively known. He was separated from his mother, Harriet Bailey, after he is born. He was unsure who is his father was but most likely their white master, Captain Anthony. Captain Anthony was a clerk of a man named Colonel Lloyd. Lloyd owns many slaves, who call his central plantation the “Great House Farm.” Life on Lloyd’s plantations is horrible. Slaves are hungry and exhausted. They have little food, clothing, and no beds. Those who break the rules and even those who don’t are beaten, and sometimes even killed by the plantation overseers. The worst and most horrific overseers were Mr. Severe and Mr. Austin Gore. Frederick’s life on this plantation is better than the other slaves. As a
In general, slave owners are more aware of being cruel toward their slaves in front of their neighbors that will not own slaves. Hugh’s wife Sophia Auld has never owned slaves before. Because of this she is kind to Frederick at first. Eventually she teaches Frederick to read. Sophia’s husband tells her to stop teaching him and he implies education makes slaves uncontrollable. Sophia begins to catch on to the mentality of being a slave owner and stops being nice. Sophia and Hugh Auld start to treat Frederik even worse. However, Frederick still likes life in Baltimore better. With the help of locals Frederick teaches himself to read. As Frederick educates himself, he becomes even more aware of how horrible slavery is. He then discovers the existence of the Abolitionists. After Captain Anthony dies as well as others, Thomas Auld who is Captain Anthony’s son in law now owns Frederick. Auld is a mean owner. Thomas thinks Frederick is not manageable. Auld rents Frederick to a man named Edward Covey. Edward Covey beats Frederick. Frederick loses hope and stops pursuing his freedom as exhaustion prevents him from doing