In Frederick Douglass early years, he spent a lot of time in Fells Point, where, in his efforts to learn to read, he created his own barter system for impromptu classroom instruction.Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born around 1818 into slavery in Talbot County. When he was 8, he was sent to Baltimore to live with a ship carpenter named Hugh Auld. It was in the streets of Fells Point that he learned to read with the help of the Point Boys. The Point Boys were similar to the Little Rascals group. It was a group of close-knit young boys of Irish nationality, John Muller said.Muller is the author of Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C., The lion of Anacostia. Through his company, Lost History Associates, he offers community-based street history tours in Fells Point. He said the Auld family sons, Thomas and Benjamin, who would later be the captain of the Eastern District police station, were both members of the Point Boys. The Point Boys were a group of young children
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you have the new book out, the book of man. i had a chance to look it over. writing stories, letters on the journey to becoming a man in today s society and i heard you say tim tebow is the guy you would include in a book like that. a year or two, a little more aging to tim and he is the guy that should be in the book. part of the growing up is growing out. a man and boy at top of a ridge in the mountain and the man is pointing. we are supposed to as adults point the way. point boys to other men who we think are good models and examples. tebow is a good one and captain campbell of the marines who is in there, first chapter. a lot of other people. shannon: why do you think he is taking so much heat over this? people say he is a good buy it. what is is the big deal. why does it bother people? because in certain parts of elite american society amongst the opinionmakers, among the