what places has frederick douglass been?
Frederick Douglass. Born a slave in Talbot County, Maryland, Fred Bailey would escape his chains of slavery in 1838 and become Frederick Douglass, one of the most notable men of the 19th century and the ideal of an American self-made man. Early Life. The figure that we now know as Frederick Douglass was born in 1818. The site of his birth, Holme Hill Farm, was located in Tappers Corners, on the western shores of the Tuckahoe River, near Cordova in Talbot County. Local legend has long stood that young Fred belonged to the Lloyds of Wye House.