Freeland and Frederick

Frederick was hired out to a man named william freeland. The work was still obviously difficult and tiring, but freeland not deceitful or unnecessarily cruel. He began holding sunday school classes to teach slaves how to read the new testament. His first attempt to escape happened while he was in possession of freeland. Douglas wrote travel passes for himself and each of them. But the plan unravels when one of the slaves betrays the group and turns them all in. They are sent back to thomas ald, who initially threatens to send frederick down to alabama, the deep south,. Later sends him back to baltimore to again serve his brother h