Who was going to tell him? He didn't know his father and rarely got to see his mother. And why would a slave care to celebrate their birthday anyways? Do people in hell celebrate the anniversary of when they got there? read more
Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in or around 1818 in Talbot County, Maryland. Douglass himself was never sure of his exact birth date. His mother was of Native American ancestry and his father was of African and European descent. He was actually born Frederick Bailey (his mother’s name), and took the name Douglass only after he escaped. read more