# Lucretia Auld — Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass character guide

> Lucretia Auld in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Lucretia, Mrs. Lucretia Auld, Mrs. Lucretia, Mrs. Auld

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

Captain Thomas Auld's first wife who shows some kindness to Douglass as a child.

## Relationships

### [Captain Thomas Auld](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/narrative_of_the_life_of_frederick_douglass_se/characters/captain_thomas_auld)

_family_

Lucretia Auld is Captain Thomas Auld's wife, who shows some kindness to Douglass but remains complicit in slavery.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/narrative_of_the_life_of_frederick_douglass_se/chapters/ii)

Daughter of Colonel Lloyd and wife of Captain Thomas Auld; mentioned as part of the master's family.

### [Chapter V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/narrative_of_the_life_of_frederick_douglass_se/chapters/v)

Instructs Douglass to clean himself before going to Baltimore and promises him a pair of trousers.

### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/narrative_of_the_life_of_frederick_douglass_se/chapters/viii)

Dies soon after Douglass returns to Baltimore; she had inherited him in the division of property.

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