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oxen before and was required to take them out to the woods by Mr. Covey. He wreckedthe oxen, the cart, and nearly his life on his journey. Upon arrival, Mr. Covey orderedFrederick to return to the forest as to show him the correct way to handle oxen.Surprisingly Mr. Covey ordered Frederick to remove his clothes. Frederick refused to doso, and therefore this is where his first of many whippings came from.

As an infant, Frederick was separated from his mother. This is common inMaryland in an attempt to destroy the child s relationship with their mother. Theseparated child is placed with an older woman who cannot work. He never saw hismother more than five times, and each time being in the dark. Since she was a field hand,she was unavailable from sun up until sun down. Around Frederick s age of seven hismother died. She had passed away and was buried before Frederick knew anythingaboutit. He remembers that time in his life as receiving “the tidings of her death with much thesame emotions I should have probably felt at the death of a stranger”. She never oncementioned who his father was and rumors went around that his master was his father. Hewas unable, however, to find out the truth behind those rumors.

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