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BALTIMORE, Maryland in the 1830s: 1 through 5 of 5

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  1. Frederick Douglass and his dream to escape
    date January 1, 1830map BALTIMORE, Marylandtags African-Americans, Slavery

    "I was only a slave; my wishes were nothing, and my happiness was the sport of my masters." During Frederick Douglass's life he experienced separation from his family, the death of both an old friend and his grandmother, and his escape from slavery. In his early twenties, Frederick Douglass was sent to Baltimore to serve a farmer named Captain Antony, but after Captain Anthony's death his future was...

  2. Edgar Allen Poe sees the Balloon Ascension
    date May 2, 1834map BALTIMORE, Marylandtags Arts/Leisure, Migration/Transportation

    On May 2, 1834, to the enjoyment of thousands of spectators in Baltimore, Mr. Mills ascended, for the second time in a month, in his hot air balloon above the city, landing sixteen miles from Baltimore. People enjoyed a fair opportunity of marking his flight, and of gazing for near an hour, upon the interesting and sublime spectacle. Of the thousands in attendance, it is believed that famous poet and...

  3. Taney's Toast to Nicholas Biddle
    date July 30, 1834map BALTIMORE, Marylandtags Economy, Politics

    On a Saturday night in Baltimore, Roger Taney had a dinner that one reader of The Baltimore Patriot was privileged to attend. Taney served as the Secretary of the Treasury under Andrew Jackson from 1833-1834, and the fifth Chief Justice of the United States from 1836-1864. In this reader's letter to the editor the following day he remarked about the tone of the dinner and the ill feelings towards...

  4. Frederick Douglass escapes
    date January 1, 1836map BALTIMORE, Marylandtags African-Americans, Slavery

    In Chapter XIX of Frederick Douglass's My Bondage My Freedom, he talked about how he was fed up with not being a free man and began to devise a plan to escape. At this point in Douglass's life he worked for Mr. Freeland, and even though he considered him a friend, the idea of being enslaved his entire life gave Frederick the drive to escape. It was the beginning of 1836, and Fredrick thought about...

  5. Fredrick Douglass boards train for freedom
    date September 3, 1838map BALTIMORE, Marylandtags African-Americans, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Slavery

    On September 3, future abolitionist Fredrick Douglass successfully impersonated a sailor and gained access to a train ride toward freedom. Unlike most slaves, Douglass was literate and could therefore taste the pleasures of freedom. This desire was also augmented by his location in the upper south. While such a position “eased some of the burdens of bondage,' it also increased one's knowledge...