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1Captain Auld was not born a slaveholder.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER IX
2 I sailed from Baltimore for St. Michael's in the sloop Amanda, Captain Edward Dodson.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER VIII
3 We seldom called him "master;" we generally called him "Captain Auld," and were hardly disposed to title him at all.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER IX
4 My master's son-in-law, Captain Auld, was master of the vessel; she was otherwise manned by the colonel's own slaves.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER II
5 My master's family consisted of two sons, Andrew and Richard; one daughter, Lucretia, and her husband, Captain Thomas Auld.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER II
6 I took passage with Captain Rowe, in the schooner Wild Cat, and, after a sail of about twenty-four hours, I found myself near the place of my birth.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER VIII
7 I was kept in this way about one week, at the end of which, Captain Auld, my master, to my surprise and utter astonishment, came up, and took me out, with the intention of sending me, with a gentleman of his acquaintance, into Alabama.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER X
8 In a very short time after I went to live at Baltimore, my old master's youngest son Richard died; and in about three years and six months after his death, my old master, Captain Anthony, died, leaving only his son, Andrew, and daughter, Lucretia, to share his estate.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER VIII