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They became apprentices for people who already knew the trade. They could also learn from their family.
To learn a skilled trade takes time, practice and training from knowledgeable people. An apprentice was a unskilled person who had an agreement with a skilled tradesman to learn how to do the trade. In this case a blacksmith apprentice would learn how to form and weld iron.
When Mr. Covey was going to whip Douglass, Douglass resisted and fought with him. Mr. Covey never whipped him again.
Frederick Douglass was taught "his letters" by Mrs. Auld. Who was later advised by her husband to no longer teach Douglass how to read or spell because " it was unlawful, as well as unsafe, to teach a slave to read. To use his own words further," After Mrs. Auld stopped teaching Douglass, he tried to learn further by asking, bribing, and tricking homeless white children as to further his abilities.
Frederick Douglass had 5 children during his lifetime. Frederick Douglass is most known for being a former slave turned abolitionist.