Lucretia inherited Douglass, and he was sent back to Baltimore.Īfter Lucretia died in 1832, Douglass was sent to live with Thomas Auld and his new wife in St. When Anthony died, Douglass returned to Lloyd’s plantation to be evaluated as chattel. Douglass worked for the Aulds for seven years, and he committed to running away when he was older. Douglass taught himself how to read and write, believing education to be the path to freedom.
Hugh was married to Sophia, who was kind and taught Douglass to read until Hugh intervened, stopping Douglass’s education. When Douglass was seven or eight, he was sent to Baltimore to work for Mr. Lloyd was a cruel and harsh disciplinarian. Anthony’s family included his sons, Andrew and Richard, and his daughter, Lucretia, who was married to Captain Thomas Auld. His first master, Captain Anthony, was employed by Colonel Edward Lloyd, who had a large property. Douglass’s childhood was shaped by slavery, and he witnessed the brutality of the plantation. His mother was a slave named Harriet Bailey, and his father was unknown but believed to be his master. Over the course of her adventures - or misadventures - this little, bold lady will handle a crisis with a local celebrity who has her eyes on Maud's apartment, foil the engagement of her long-ago lover, and dispose of some pesky neighbors.Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in Tuckahoe, Maryland, in approximately 1817. It's a solitary existence, and she likes it that way.
Now in her late 80s, Maud contents herself with traveling the world and surfing the net from the comfort of her father's ancient armchair. That was how Maud learned that good things can come from tragedy. This funny, irreverent story collection by Helene Tursten, author of the Irene Huss Investigation series, features two-never-before translated stories that will keep you laughing all the way to the retirement home.Įver since her darling father's untimely death when she was only 18, Maud has lived in the family's spacious apartment in downtown Gothenburg rent-free, thanks to a minor clause in a hastily negotiated contract. Maud is an irascible 88-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends, and.no qualms about a little murder.
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