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How much did supporters pay Douglass's old master for his freedom?

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$700

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Because he was afraid that he would be in risk because of his writing, he ran to England. Upon returning to the States, his friends from England paid $711 to his master Thomas Auld, which made him free man. That is why from 1847 he was able to continue his career of abolitionist without being afraid that he would be enslaved once more.

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