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Words Set Me Free:
The Life Of
Frederick Douglass
By Michael Penn
Third Grade
March 13, 2013
These things happened to them as
examples and were written down as
warnings for us, on whom the
fulfillment of the ages has come.
1 Corinthians 10:11
Frederick Douglass
 February 1818 – February 1895
 77 years old - heart attack
 Born near Easton, Maryland, Great House Farm
 Holme Hill Farm, Talbot County, Maryland
 Abolitionist
 Newspaper editor
 Presidential advisor of Abraham Lincoln
February 1818 – February 1895
77 years old - heart attack
Born near Easton, Maryland
Abolitionist
Newspaper editor
Presidential advisor to Abraham Lincoln
Slave children
eating cornmeal
mush from a
animal trough.
1826 - eight years old
 Travels to Baltimore
 To work for Hugh
Auld
 Became a city slave
instead of a
plantation slave
 His wife, Sophia
taught Frederick the
alphabet
 He practiced writing
on fences
1835 – seventeen years old
 Frederick was sent to work
for Mr. Freeland
 He started a illegal school
with Henry, John, and
Handy
 He planned an escape with
five slaves
 They were captured and
imprisoned
 Mr. Auld released him and
he was hired as ship
caulker
1838-twenty years old
 Frederick escapes to
New York by train
 Marries Anna Murray
1841 – twenty-three years old
 Invited to speak at an anti-slavery meeting
 Became a lecturer on the abolition of slavery
 Travels widely in the East and Midwest
lecturing against slavery and campaigning for
rights of free Blacks
1845 – twenty-seven years old
 Wrote and published, Narrative of the Life of
Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
 Editor of The North Star, an abolitionist
newspaper
1874- Named president of Freedman's
Savings and Trust Company.
1877-Appointed U.S. Marshall of the District
of Columbia.
Douglass Washington, D.C. home
I admire his
Christian Character Qualities…
 Endurance
 Faith
 Good personality
 He spoke up for
others in slavery and
about women’s rights
to vote
 He was the most
famous runaway
slave in America
It is important to remember Frederick
Douglass because he taught himself to
read and words set him free. I believe
education is important.
References
Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young
Frederick Douglass by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and
African Americans by Kadir Nelson
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglasss: The
Story Behind an American Friendship by
Russell Freedman
Slaves Who Dared: The Stories of Ten African
American Heroes by Mary Garrison
“If there is no struggle, there is no
progress. Those who profess to favor
freedom, and yet depreciate agitation,
are men who want crops without
plowing up the ground. They want rain
without thunder and lightning. They
want the ocean without the awful roar
of its many waters. This struggle may
be a moral one; or it may be a physical
one; or it may be both moral and
physical; but it must be a struggle.”
“Upon the subject of education,
I view it as the most important
subject which we as a people
can be engaged in.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Mr. Douglass, never come to Washington without
calling upon me.” Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas were born poor.
Both were self-educated and fought against slavery. (1863)
His sons Lewis (20) and Charles
(18) fought in the Civil War.
Vocabulary words:
Abolish: to do away with; put an end to: to abolish
slavery.
Abolitionist: (especially prior to the Civil War) a
person who advocated or supported the
abolition of slavery in the U.S.
Abolish, abolitionist. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged. Retrieved March 13,
2013, from Dictionary.com website:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/abolitionist
Bible principles
The fear of the LORD is the beginning
of knowledge, But fools despise
wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7
“For I know the plans I have for you,”
declares the Lord, “plans to prosper
you and not to harm you, plans to give
you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11
Then said Jesus to
those…believed on him,
“If ye continue in my
word, then are you my
disciples indeed; And
you shall know the truth,
and the truth shall make
you free.” John 8:31, 32
“Love the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul and with
all your mind and with all your
strength. Love your neighbor as
yourself. There is no commandment
greater than these.”
Mark 12:30-31
Words Set Me Free:
The Life of
Frederick Douglass

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Words set me free

  • 1. Words Set Me Free: The Life Of Frederick Douglass By Michael Penn Third Grade March 13, 2013
  • 2. These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. 1 Corinthians 10:11
  • 3. Frederick Douglass  February 1818 – February 1895  77 years old - heart attack  Born near Easton, Maryland, Great House Farm  Holme Hill Farm, Talbot County, Maryland  Abolitionist  Newspaper editor  Presidential advisor of Abraham Lincoln
  • 4. February 1818 – February 1895 77 years old - heart attack Born near Easton, Maryland Abolitionist Newspaper editor Presidential advisor to Abraham Lincoln
  • 5. Slave children eating cornmeal mush from a animal trough.
  • 6. 1826 - eight years old  Travels to Baltimore  To work for Hugh Auld  Became a city slave instead of a plantation slave  His wife, Sophia taught Frederick the alphabet  He practiced writing on fences
  • 7. 1835 – seventeen years old  Frederick was sent to work for Mr. Freeland  He started a illegal school with Henry, John, and Handy  He planned an escape with five slaves  They were captured and imprisoned  Mr. Auld released him and he was hired as ship caulker
  • 8. 1838-twenty years old  Frederick escapes to New York by train  Marries Anna Murray
  • 9. 1841 – twenty-three years old  Invited to speak at an anti-slavery meeting  Became a lecturer on the abolition of slavery  Travels widely in the East and Midwest lecturing against slavery and campaigning for rights of free Blacks
  • 10. 1845 – twenty-seven years old  Wrote and published, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave  Editor of The North Star, an abolitionist newspaper
  • 11. 1874- Named president of Freedman's Savings and Trust Company. 1877-Appointed U.S. Marshall of the District of Columbia. Douglass Washington, D.C. home
  • 12. I admire his Christian Character Qualities…  Endurance  Faith  Good personality  He spoke up for others in slavery and about women’s rights to vote  He was the most famous runaway slave in America
  • 13. It is important to remember Frederick Douglass because he taught himself to read and words set him free. I believe education is important.
  • 14. References Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass by Lesa Cline-Ransome Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglasss: The Story Behind an American Friendship by Russell Freedman Slaves Who Dared: The Stories of Ten African American Heroes by Mary Garrison
  • 15. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle.”
  • 16. “Upon the subject of education, I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in.” Abraham Lincoln
  • 17. “Mr. Douglass, never come to Washington without calling upon me.” Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas were born poor. Both were self-educated and fought against slavery. (1863)
  • 18. His sons Lewis (20) and Charles (18) fought in the Civil War.
  • 19. Vocabulary words: Abolish: to do away with; put an end to: to abolish slavery. Abolitionist: (especially prior to the Civil War) a person who advocated or supported the abolition of slavery in the U.S. Abolish, abolitionist. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged. Retrieved March 13, 2013, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/abolitionist
  • 20. Bible principles The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11
  • 21. Then said Jesus to those…believed on him, “If ye continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed; And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:31, 32
  • 22. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:30-31
  • 23. Words Set Me Free: The Life of Frederick Douglass