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Talbot County shortly thereafter. In 1826 Andrew's father died, and he inherited a
third of his estate, including eight slaves. Although he increased his estate and his
holding of slaves to twenty, Andrew suffered from alcoholism and operated a whiskey
shop in his final years. John Manross to Douglass, 14 January 1856, General
Correspondence File, reel l, frames 654-56, FD Papers, DLC; Harriet L. Anthony,
annotated copy of Bondage and Freedom, folders 93, 176, Dodge Collection, MdAA;
1830 U.S. Census, Maryland, Talbot County, 51; Preston, Young Frederick Douglass,
26, 29, 218, 224.
36.10 Richard] Richard Lee Anthony (1800-28), the second of three children
born to Aaron and Ann Catherine Skinner Anthony, was trained as a blacksmith for
five years prior to inheriting land, money, and slaves after his father's death in
November 1826. Harriet L. Anthony, annotated copy of Bondage and Freedom, folders
93, 173-74, Dodge Collection, MdAA; Aaron Anthony Slave Distribution, 22
October 1827, Talbot County Distributions, V.JP#D. 58- 59, MdTCH; Preston, Young
Frederick Douglass, 27-29, 52, 91, 218.
36.10 Lucretia] Lucretia Planner Anthony Auld (1804-27) was the third child
and only daughter of Aaron and Ann Catherine Skinner Anthony. In 1823 she married
Thomas Auld, a boarder in her father's household and an employee of Edward Lloyd.
Lucretia subsequently moved to Hillsborough, Maryland. where her husband opened
a store and served as town postmaster. Following the deaths of her father and her
brother Richard Lee, Lucretia and her older brother Andrew inherited their father's
estate. Her portion included the young slave Frederick Douglass. She died in 1827
and was survived by one child, Arianna Amanda Auld. Auld Family Bible (courtesy
of Carl G. Auld); McFeely, Frederick Douglass, 27; Preston, Young Frederick
Douglass, 28, 30, 62, 87-88, 223; Preston and Harrington, Talbot County, 191;
Emerson B. Roberts, '"A Visitation of Western Talbot," MdHM, 41:244-45 (September
1946).
36.10-11 Captain Thomas Auld] Born in St. Michaels, Maryland, Thomas Auld
(1795-1880) was the eldest son of Hugh and Zipporah Auld. Trained as a shipbuilder,
Auld supervised the construction of the Lloyd sloop, the Sally Lloyd, and subsequently
became its captain. In 1823 he met and married Lucretia Anthony while a
boarder in the Anthony home. Shortly thereafter Auld became a storekeeper in
Hillsborough, Maryland, and inherited Douglass along with ten other slaves from the
estate of Aaron Anthony. He later kept a store in St. Michaels, where he also served
as postmaster, before retiring to a nearby farm. The 1850 census listed him as a
"farmer" with $8,500 worth of real estate. References to Thomas Auld in Douglass's
Narrative and public speeches are generally uncomplimentary, although Douglass
disclaimed any personal hostility toward his former owner. Reconciliation occurred
in the post-Reconstruction period when Douglass visited the dying Auld in St.
Michaels. Aaron Anthony Slave Distribution, 22 October 1827, Talbot County
Distributions, V.JP#D, 58-59, MdTCH; 1850 U.S. Census, Maryland, Talbot County,
1169 (free schedule); NASS, 25 November 1845; NS, 8 September 1848, 7 September