$710.96 was the price Frederick Douglass had to pay to ensure his freedom due to the fugitive slave laws. Douglass is his psudoname. His given name was Frederick Bailey. Anyway, after speaking in England in the abolitionist cause, he decided to come clean about who he really was. But he feared returning to the U.S. due to those laws.
Well, Douglass had contributors from England who gave him the money to purchase his freedom. $710.96 was given to Hugh Auld, and Auld signed the papers in 1846 when Douglass was 28.
Thus, my tag: $710.96... The price of freedom.
