Frederick Douglass Chapter 10 Summary

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In chapter 10, Douglass starts off by telling that, he now lives with Mr. Covey and on 1st of January, 1833, he became a field worker. This is something new to Douglass as he had never worked in a field before and said, “In my new employment, I found myself even more awkward than a country boy appeared to be in a large city” (35). After staying with Mr. Convey for only a week, Douglass got a very severe whipping from him, causing deep cuts on his backs. The reason is that Mr. Convey gave Douglass a tough job to handle the oxen, but since the oxen were hard to control for Douglass and he barely escaped death after the encounter with them. Knowing that Douglass has failed to perform his duties, Mr. Covey orders Douglass to remove his …show more content…
Freeland on January, 1834. Mr. Freeland was a fairer and a better man than Mr. Covey. He would allow enough time to eat meals and he gave the slaves the best tools to work with and that they had to work from sunrise to sunset. Douglass remembers him as his best and kindest master. He then starts to attract his fellow slaves to learn how to read and is successful in doing so. He then starts a school in the cabin to teach the blacks at a risk that such doings would result in severe punishment. Douglass’s life with his master goes smoothly, but has to work another year in 1835 and Douglass’s will to escape increases and asks his fellow slaves to join him. However, they are reluctant and scared to do so. The escapist party only consisted of Douglass, Henry Harris, John Harris, Henry Bailey and Charles Roberts. They decide to escape on Saturday morning, but the next day Douglass told Jenkins that he has been betrayed and that someone has blown the whistle. The escape party are seized and tied and were sent to Thomas Auld’s house and then sent to Jail. Everyone but Douglass were sent home and he was taunted in his cell for a long time. Thomas Auld decided to send him back to Baltimore to Hugh
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