The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass Characters
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1. adoptive Douglass reports that ________ slaveholders are
notoriously the worst masters
2. Alabama, When Douglass is in jail, at first, Thomas Auld
Baltimore, announces his intent to send Douglass to __________.
Hugh Then Auld suddenly changes his mind and sends
Auld Douglass back to __________ with __________
3. Andrew Captain Anthony's two sons
and
Richard
4. Anna Douglass's wife. She is a free black woman from
Murray Baltimore who becomes engaged to Douglass
before he escapes to freedom. After his escape,
she and Douglass marry in New York and then
move to New Bedford, Massachusetts.
5. Aunt Douglass's aunt. She is an exceptionally beautiful
Hester and noble-looking woman, superior to most
white and black women. Captain Anthony is
extraordinarily interested in her, and she therefore
suffers countless whippings at his hands.
6. Austin replaces Mr Hopkins as a supervisor; is proud,
Gore ambitious, cunning, and cruel, and his domination
over the slaves is total. He does not argue or
hear protests and sometimes provokes slaves
only for an excuse to punish them. he thrives on
the Great House Farm. His ensures that all of the
slaves bow down to him, while he, in turn,
willingly bows down to the Colonel. He is a
silent man, never joking as some overseers
would. He performs barbaric deeds of
punishment with a cool demeano
7. awkward Douglass is most often whipped by Mr Covey
for being
8. Barney the name of both of the slaves in charge of Col
Lloyd's horse stables; they were often unfairly
mistreated
9. Beal shot and killed an elderly slave of Colonel
Bondly Lloyd's who was fishing on his property. Colonel
Lloyd did not complain about the killing.
10. Betsy Douglass's grandmother. She raised Douglass on
Bailey Captain Anthony's land after Douglass's mother
was taken away. She served the Anthony family
her whole life and had many children and
grandchildren who became slaves for the
Anthonys. After seeing Captain Anthony's
children from birth to death, she is abandoned to
a hut in the woods instead of being allowed to
go free.
11. Bill a slave who refuses to help Mr Covey beat
Douglass
12. Captain Douglass's first master and probably his father;
Anthony is the clerk for Colonel Lloyd, managing Lloyd's
surrounding plantations and the overseers of
those plantations. He is a cruel man who takes
pleasure in whipping his slaves, especially
Douglass's Aunt Hester. He is called "Captain"
because he once piloted ships up the
Chesapeake Bay.
13. Captain Dies and it sends Douglass back to be appraised
Anthony
14. Captain Lucretia Auld's husband and Hugh Auld's brother.
Thomas He did not grow up owning slaves, but gained
Auld them through his marriage to Lucretia. After
attending a church meeting in Maryland, he
becomes a "pious" man, but he uses his
newfound Christianity to be even more self-
righteously brutal toward his slaves.
15. Caroline name of slave Mr Covey buys to be a breeder
16. Christmas Slaves are encouraged to celebrate this holiday
and drink, rather than resting or working
industriously for themselves. Douglass explains
that this strategy helps keep blacks enslaved. By
giving slaves a brief span of time each year to
release their rebellious spirit, slaveholders keep
them manageable for the rest of the year. By
encouraging them to spend the holiday riotously
drunk, slaveholders ensure that freedom comes
to seem unappealing
17. Colonel Captain Anthony's boss and Douglass's first
Edward owner. He is an extremely rich man who owns all
Lloyd of the slaves and lands where Douglass grows
up. He insists on extreme subservience from his
slaves and often punishes them unjustly.
18. The At around the age of twelve, Douglass
Columbian encounters this book, which contains a
Orator philosophical dialogue between a master and a
slave. In the dialogue, the master lays out the
argument for slavery, and the slave refutes each
point, eventually convincing the master to
release him. The book also contains a reprint of
a speech arguing for the emancipation of Irish
Catholics and for human rights generally. The
book helps Douglass to fully articulate the case
against slavery, but it also makes him hate his
masters more and more. This dilemma is difficult
position for Douglass and often fills him with
regret
19. Daniel Colonel Llyod's grandson who befriends
Douglass; this gives Douglass some benefits
20. David a free black who takes Douglass in. He is an
Ruggles abolitionist and journalist and advises
Douglass to go to New Bedford,
Massachusetts, to find work as a caulker; He
witnesses Douglass and Anna Murray's
marriage and gives Douglass five dollars and
a letter of recommendation.
21. Demby whipped by Mr Gore and runs into a nearby
creek to soothe the pain. He refuses to come
out of the creek, and Mr. Gore gives him a
three‑count to return. When he makes no
response after each call, Mr. Gore promptly
shoots him. When questioned about his
actions, Mr. Gore calmly explains that he was
setting a bad example for the rest of the
slaves. Mr. Gore is never investigated for this
murder, and he still lives free.
22. Douglass, The escape party consists of _________, _________
Henry, John, and _________ Harris, _________ Bailey, and _________
Henry, Roberts. _________ Jenkins initially intends to
Charles, accompany them, but eventually decides to
Sandy, remain. They plan to canoe up the _________ Bay
Chesapeake, on the Saturday before _________. Douglass
Easter writes travel passes, signed by their master,
for each of them.
23. Edward notorious slave "breaker" and Douglass's
Covey keeper for one year. Slave owners send their
unruly slaves to him, who works and punishes
them (thus getting free labor to cultivate his
rented land) and returns them trained and
docile. His tactics as a slaveholder are both
cruel and sneaky. He is deliberately deceptive
and devious when interacting with his slaves,
creating an atmosphere of constant
surveillance and fear.
24. Eliza, Douglass arrives to live at Thomas Auld's in
Priscilla, March 1832. Life under Auld is particularly
Henny difficult because Auld does not give the
slaves enough food. Douglass works in the
kitchen alongside his sister, _________; his aunt,
_________; and another woman, _________. They have
to beg or steal food from neighbors to
survive, though the Aulds always seem to
have food wasting in the storehouse.
25. first Is Douglass's first or second six months with
Mr Covey worse?
26. Frederick the author and narrator of the Narrative. He is a
Douglass rhetorically skilled and spirited man and a
powerful orator for the abolitionist movement.
One of his reasons for writing the Narrative is to
offer proof to critics who felt that such an
articulate and intelligent man could not have
once been a slave. The Narrative describes his
experience under slavery from his early
childhood until his escape North at the age of
twenty. Within that time, he progresses from
unenlightened victim of the dehumanizing
practices of slavery to educated and empowered
young man. He gains the resources and
convictions to escape to the North and wage a
political fight against the institution of slavery
27. Great what all of Colonel Lloyd's slaves refer to the
House central plantation, on which Douglass grew up
Farm as because it resembles a small village; Slaves
from other plantations feel privileged to be sent
there on an errand
28. Hamiltons the Auld's neighbors who greatly mistreat their
slaves, Henrietta and Mary
29. Harriet Douglass's mother. She is separated from
Bailey Douglass after his birth, but she still attempts to
maintain family relations by walking twelve miles
to see him at night. She dies when Douglass is
young.
30. Henry intelligent boys Douglass meets when under
and John William Freeland
Harris
31. Hugh Thomas Auld's brother and Douglass's
Auld occasional master. He lives in Baltimore with his
wife, Sophia. Thomas and Lucretia Auld allow
him to borrow Douglass as a servant for his son,
Thomas. He is well aware that whites maintain
power over blacks by depriving them of
education, and he unwittingly enlightens
Douglass in this matter. He is not as cruel as his
brother Thomas, but he becomes harsher due to
a drinking habit in his later years. He seems to
suffer some consciousness that slavery and the
law's treatment of blacks are inhumane, but he
does not allow this consciousness to interfere
with his exercising power over Douglass.
32. Hughes a slave Mr Covey calls to hold Douglass back.
He approaches, and Douglass kicks him down
33. Lucretia Captain Anthony's daughter and Thomas Auld's
Auld wife. After Captain Anthony's death, she inherits
half his property, including Douglass. She is as
cruel an owner as her husband.
34. Lucretia, About two years after the death of ________ Auld, 48. William Douglass's keeper for two years following his
Thomas, her husband, ________ Auld, remarries. Soon after Freeland time with Covey. He is the most fair and
Hugh the marriage, he has a falling out with his straightforward of all Douglass's masters and is
brother, _______, and punishes him by reclaiming not hypocritically pious. Douglass acknowledges
Douglass his exceptional fairness with a pun on his name
35. Mr replaces Mr Severe as overseer; He is less cruel 49. William A Baltimore shipbuilder. Hugh Auld sends
Hopkins and profane than Severe and is considered a fair Gardner Douglass to him to learn the trade of caulking.
overseer; he is fired after only a short time His shipyard is disorderly with racial tension
between free-black carpenters and white
36. Mr a drunk and a cruel man who carries a whip and
carpenters, and he is under pressure to complete
Plummer cudgel with him and often uses them on slaves
several ships for a deadline.
37. Mr Severe first overseer of Captain Anthony's farm
50. William Father-in-law of Thomas Auld. After Lucretia
38. Mr Wilson a religious leader who runs a slave school until Hamilton Auld's death, Thomas remarries his oldest
the community shuts it down daughter. He himself sometimes takes charge of
39. Nantucket Where Douglass first speaks at an anti-slavery Douglass, as when he arrests Douglass for
conference plotting to escape from Freeland.

40. Nathan A Massachusetts worker and abolitionist. He is
Johnson immediately kind and helpful to the Douglasses,
loaning them money, helping Douglass find
work, and suggesting Douglass's new name. He
is well informed on national politics and keeps a
nice household.
51. William Founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He
Lloyd meets Douglass when Douglass is persuaded to
Garrison tell his history at an abolitionist convention in
Nantucket in 1841. Immediately impressed with
Douglass's poise and with the power of his story,
he hires him for the abolitionist cause.

41. Ned the slave Hester went out with before she was
brutally whipped by Captain Anthony
42. Sandy A slave acquaintance of Douglass. Is highly
Jenkins superstitious and stands in the Narrative as a
representative of all uneducated, superstitious
slaves. She is kind to Douglass when Douglass
runs away from Covey's, but the Narrative also
implies that she may have informed William
Freeland about Douglass's plans to escape;
gives Douglass a root to keep him safe from
harm - works
43. the snake nickname for Mr Covey by slaves because of his
sneakiness
44. Sophia Hugh Auld's wife; was a working woman before
Auld marrying Hugh, and she had never owned
slaves. The corruption of owning a slave
transforms her from a sympathetic, kind woman
into a vengeful monster.
45. Thomas lives in Maryland and boasted of violently killing
Lanman two slaves, yet has never been investigated for
the crimes
46. Walter Douglass quickly learns caulking under
Price ______________ and soon earns the highest possible
wage
47. Wendell President of the American Anti-Slavery Society.
Phillips He considers Douglass a close friend. He
admires Douglass's bravery in publishing his
history without pseudonyms, but also fears for
Douglass's safety