1. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
Essential Question: How do regional differences affect Americans’ identities?
Major Questions: Who is America for?
How do Americans resist or encourage equality for all?

2. Talbot County, Maryland

3. Chain(s) of Command Douglass’ Family Connections
•Colonel Lloyd: owns 20 farms and some 1,000 or more slaves. 
•Captain Anthony: Douglass’ first master; the “overseer of overseers” (i.e., the “superintendent”); owns 2 – 3 farms and some 30 slaves
•Mr. Plummer: One of Cap. Anthony’s overseers
•Mr. Severe: The subsequent overseer after Plummer
•Mr. Hopkins: The subsequent overseer after Severe
• + other unnamed overseers
•1,000+ enslaved people
Douglass’ Family Connections
Master Anthony = Harriet Bailey (Aunt Hester)
(his presumed father) (his mother)
Frederick (Bailey) Douglass

4. This chart offers a perspective on the numbers:

5. This chart shows the value an enslaved person contributed through his or her
uncompensated labor:

6. Source for charts: https://www.measuringworth.com/slavery.php