substantially completed, but often enough then to appreciate
something of the strength and eloquence by which he impressed his
contemporaries. If by this brief sketch the writer can revive among
the readers of another generation a tithe of the interest that
Douglass created for himself when he led the forlorn hope of his race
for freedom and opportunity, his labor will be amply repaid.

Charles W. Chesnutt

Cleveland, October, 1899

CHRONOLOGY

1817

Frederick Douglass was born at Tuckahoe, near Easton, Talbot County,
Maryland.

1825

Was sent to Baltimore to live with a relative of his master.

1833

_March._ Was taken to St. Michaels, Maryland, to live again with his
master.

1834

_January._ Was sent to live with Edward Covey, slave-breaker, with