One of the many abject cruelties inflicted upon the enslaved was that of division and often separation of family members and friends.

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Whenever an owner died, or was forced due to economic circumstances, the enslaved were assembled and classified along with all the other aspects of that individuals estate.

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This would either mean the passing on to relatives of the bereaved or even worse to that of a Slave Trader, easily the most feared individuals in the lives of the enslaved, and done so with our the slightest consideration as to the relationships on the individuals.

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Fortune once again befalls Frederick as he is sent back to Baltimore and avoided falling into the hands of the deceased Captain Anthonys son Andrew, who was a tyrant, and living with the daughter Lucretia.

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This arrangement only lasted two years as Lucretia died, her husband Hugh Auld re married a couple of years later but after falling out with his brother Frederick was sent to St. Michaels to live with Thomas Auld.

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During his time in Baltimore, and especially on the journey back to St. Micheals, Frederick developed a sense of his possible escape via the waters of Chesapeake Bay.