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title: "Why did Frederick Douglass spend three days washing in the creek before he left for Baltimore?"  
description: "Why did Frederick Douglass spend three days washing in the creek before he left for Baltimore?"  
author: "James ann"  
published: 2018-04-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41942/why-did-frederick-douglass-spend-three-days-washing-in-the-creek-before-he-left-for-baltimore  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did Frederick Douglass spend three days washing in the creek before he left for Baltimore?

Why did [Frederick Douglass](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51277/how-did-frederick-douglass-feel-about-religion-as-practiced-in-the-united-states) spend three days washing in the creek before he [left](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/2298/how-to-change-position-left-to-right-of-bootstrap-datepicker) for Baltimore?\
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