Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-11-24

The Distinguished Crater Has a Good
ReceptiOn--Some Points About Him,

The Distinguished Crater Has a Good
ReCeptlon---someP Points About Him,
According to the Times, Hon. Frederick
Douglass had q hearty reception and good
audience, both colored and white to hear
his lecture in Chattanooga Tuesday night
He was introduced by Hon. D. NJ. Key, ex-
Postmaster General, who, in company with
ex-Mayor Jno. A. Hart, and Colonel Tom
Fort, occupied the stage. He stopped with
Mr. Jas. Henderson. The Times man lin
terviewed" the distinguished gentleman
with the following result:
| . was born in the State of Maryland, [
| suppose in the yerr l8l6or 1917, [ lived
! during my childhood days on the plantation
of Col. Edward Lloyd, until about nine
years old. l was then transferred to Balti-
more. My parents at that time We're slaves
At Baltimore spent my boyhood, learn
ing, without the assistance of schools, to
read, write and cipher. At Is 1 was sent
back from Baltimore to work On farm, and
remained there three years as field hand
l was there suspected of writing passes for
slaves to run away, imprisoned and offered
for sale, but was finally sent back to Balti-
more to avoid being shot for that alleged
offense then learned the trade of calker,
worked two or three years at it, and then ran
away. The cha. ge was true that 81 wrote
the passes, and during that time had given
expression to thought showing my dlstasta
for the condition of the colored race. In
1888 went to Massachusetts and became @
public speaker, and wrote narration of my
experience in slavery, which exposed me to
being recaptured, and hence [ was com
PEELED to leave the country, and l went to
England. During three years of my resi-
dence in Nassachutts / worked on the
wharf at New Bedford. became public
speaker In 184l; that implies L was lee
turer on slavery, and became then
what l have been for forty years.
While In England my friends over
there purchased my freedom for
$3.50 in British gold, made q present OF
myself to myself. l was then able to re
turn to this country and resume my labors
While in England my friends made me
present of $4,000 with which to buy 8
printing press, and during sixteen wears OF
life edited weekly newspaper in the city
of Rochester. During the late war 1 was
recruiting the 54th and 55th Massachusetts.
regiments and several others in Pennsyl
vania. Since the war and emancipation
nave Deen deVotlnS myself for the mos
part to literature. / held the Office of United
States Marshal of the District of Columbis
for four years, was member of the Ter
ritorial Council of the District of Columbia
and am now recorder or deeds in the District
We asked Mr. Douglass to relate The orr
gin of his name, which he did, as follows
: MY mother gave me- the name Frederick
, Augustus Washington Bailey, out it waa no
my taste, and | called myself Fredericl
Bailey. When I escaped had to assume
name to make my disguise complete anC
took the name OF Frederick johnson. Whel
1 arrived at New Bedford found so man,
Johnsons that l thought it advisable t.
change my name, and my landlord, who wa
then engaged in reading SCOTS Lady o
the Lake." suggested the name, Douglass.
I adopted it, and have ever since called my
self Frederick Douglass"