https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o en-us 2018-02-01 13:01:40 UTC 2026-01-28 19:10:53 UTC hello@padlet.com s_clare_chi https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/227006468 was born into slavery around 1818 in Maryland.]]> 2018-02-01 13:06:09 UTC https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/227006468 s_clare_chi https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/227007884 2018-02-01 13:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/227007884 s_clare_chi https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/227008300 Douglass wrote his first autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, in 1845. It was a best-seller in America.]]> 2018-02-01 13:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/227008300 s_clare_chi https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/227009919 After Douglass learned to read, he began to teach other slaves to read the New Testament. Sometimes, over 40 slaves would come to learn to read.]]> 2018-02-01 13:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/227009919 s_clare_chi https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/227011076 Douglass once worked for Edward Covey, who was called a "slave-breaker." He beat Douglass, but after losing one, he never beat him again. Douglass escaped during his third attempt.]]> 2018-02-01 13:17:58 UTC https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/227011076 s_clare_chi https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/227013371 2018-02-01 13:23:19 UTC https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/227013371 s_clare_chi https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/227014149 Douglass settled as a free man with his wife, Anna Murray, in New Bedford in 1838. He told his story at abolitionist meetings and lectured about anti-slavery.]]> 2018-02-01 13:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/227014149 s_clare_chi https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/227015358 To avoid being recaptured, Douglass set sail for Liverpool on August 16, 1845 and arrived in Ireland. His British supporters gathered funds for him and he returned to America in 1847 as a free man.]]> 2018-02-01 13:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/227015358 s_clare_chi https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/227029867 In 1863, Douglass talked to President Lincoln about treatment of black soldiers. Douglass supported John C Freman because Lincoln did not publicly support suffrage for black freedmen.]]> 2018-02-01 13:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/227029867 s_clare_chi https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/227032308 Douglass was nominated for vice president in 1872, but he never campaigned. He was the first African American to appear on the ballot. ]]> 2018-02-01 13:59:22 UTC https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/227032308 s_clare_chi https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/227475871 2018-02-02 13:49:36 UTC https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/227475871 s_clare_chi https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/233235419 was born Isabella Baumfree in Swartekill, New York during about 1797.]]> 2018-02-20 13:15:59 UTC https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/233235419 s_clare_chi https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/234935559 2018-02-24 00:17:49 UTC https://padlet.com/s_clare_chi/wfa8ovrjaf3o/wish/234935559