“Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere”  c. 1818 Frederick Douglass, neé Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, was born in in Tuckahoe, Talbot County, Maryland. His mother was Harriet Bailey, a slave, his father was a white man believed to be his master Aaron Anthony. He was separated from his mother as an infant. 1819-1825 … Continue reading Timeline of the Life of Frederick Douglass c.1818-1840