September 2015

Meet Mr. Covey

A New Home 4-5
His Escape 6-7
Memorial 8-9

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A New Home
Frederick arrived to live with a man called Master Thomas in St. Michaels; to
the slaves he was Captain Auld. He was a mean man, starving his slaves as if
they had not suffered enough. He had come to possession of all of his slaves
through his late wifes will, and he was incapable of holding his slaves. He had
given the slaves food and clothing sparingly, but the one thing he did not hold
out on? Punishment. He was a religious man. Often he would quote Biblical
scriptures as he whipped and hung one of the female slaves by the name of
Henny. As a child Henny was injured by fire, and due to that fact she had very
little use with her hands, and for that fact she was constantly under the
Captain's punishment.
The Captain and Douglass had never gotten along. Upon visiting the Captains
father, he learned where he had gotten his cruelness from; however, he was not
as greedy as Thomas, he exploited his slaves but he never let a slave leave his
property hungry.
Not long after, Frederick had been rented out by Captain Thomas to go and
work on Mr. Coveys land.

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The headstone of Fredericks grave; located in Mount Hope

Cemetery in Rochester, New York.

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On February 20th, 2013, Frederick Douglass was honored

by receiving a London blue plaque from the Nubian Jak
Community Trust.
The plaque was unveiled at the Nell Gwynn House in
Whitesland Grove SW3. The house is the site of former
British abolitionist George Thompson, with whom Frederick
resided with temporarily in 1846. The installation date was
significant because it also coincided on the 100th
anniversary of Fredericks death.

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Douglass was rented

out to work on Mr.
Coveys farm. During
his
stay
he
experiences
an
important
turning
point in his life.

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Edward Covey was a poor white

farmer who was known as a
"first rate hand at breaking
young negroes". He was sent
disobedient slaves from other
plantations so that he could
discipline them and send them
back when they were well
behaved. He is known by the
slaves for whipping them
severely, and sneaking around
to catch the slaves when they
were slacking on their work.

When Frederick overturns an

ox-cart, Mr. Covey punishes him
for more than 6 months. Later,
Douglass faints and Mr. Covey is
back on him again. To avoid
being whipped, Douglass runs
away to his original masters
house. When caught, he is sent
back to Mr. Coveys farm. Mr.
Covey is waiting, and when
Douglass arrives he catches him
off guard and attempts to tie
him up. Douglass refuses to be
tied and he and Covey end up
in a fist a two hour fist fight,
before Covey gives up.
Covey does not want
to risk losing his
reputation, so he lets
Frederick off of
punishment
and
never disciplines him
again, so long as he
keeps their brawl a
secret.

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Meet Mr. Covey

His Escape

e
had
been
planning this day
for quite some time
now; the day he
escapes to claim his
freedom.

Frederick refuses to suppress

any of his experiences that
came about from being a slave,
he knows they are important.
He would rather receive the
harshest of punishments than to
pretend that he had never dealt
with such cruel acts.

Frederick became restless and

bored of his life, he was angry at his
master for believing that allowing
him to keep six cents of his wages
would make him honorable.
In 1838, Frederick applied to live
with
Master
Thomas
and
Master Hugh, both declined. Hugh
finally agreed to take him in if
Frederick would save his money
from working, and pay him 3 dollars
a week. With all of his expenses
added up, he was to pay 6 dollars a
week Upon becoming free
Frederick describes living in a free
state as the highest excitement and
satisfaction
he
had
ever
experienced.

I have never approved of the very public manner in which

some of our western friends have conducted what they
call the underground railroad... I honor those good men
and women for their noble daring, and applaud them for
willingly subjecting themselves to bloody persecution, by
openly avowing their participation in the escape of slaves.
I, however, can see very little good resulting from such a
course, either to themselves or the slaves escaping..

Did You Know?

Throughout his lifetime, Frederick wrote 49+ books subjected

about his experiences as a slave.. His most popular
autobiographies include Narrative of The Life of Frederick
Douglass, The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, and My
Bondage and My Freedom.
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