Part one of term paper
Frederick Baily was born a slave in February 1818 on The Holmes Hill Farm just outside the town of Easton Maryland. His mother worked long hours in the corn fields surrounding the farm and he knew very little about his father except that he was white. Frederick last saw his mother at the age of seven when he was then taken to a new plantati ...

Part two of term paper
... put an end to his wife's teachings, however this did not stop Frederick. When he realized that the ability to read and write was his pathway to freedom, learning became a personal goal. He made friends with poor white children he met on errands and paid them bread for lessons. Little by little Frederick learned to read and write (T.S.Y.,2). In 1833 when Frederick was fifteen he was given up to another member of the Auld family, Thomas. The good days of Frederick's slave life were over. ...