Slave system exposed
Douglass said slaveholders used what as a technique to keep slaves from rebelling by wooing distrust?
Dividing them from each other
Douglass never describes his escape route given for what reason?
To protect future escapees
Why was Aunt Hesters beating a major turning point?
Douglass first memory of the horrors of slavery
Who was Douglass first master who was a clerk on Colonel Lloyd's plantation?
Mr. Anthony
What did white ships symbolize?
Hope and possibility of escaping slavery
Douglass describes slave songs as what?
While enslaved, Douglass worked as a carlker making what?
Ships
Why was moving to Baltimore a major turning point?
A blessing from God that is less brutal then any other home Douglass has had
Who was Douglass master while he lived in Baltimore and told Douglass he was forbidden to read or write?
Hugh Auld
What does literacy and books symbolize?
Self- empowerment and liberation
Douglass said religious slaveholders were often the most cruel why?
Used Christianity to excuse violence
Douglass Chose this last name after reading what poem?
Poem by sir Walter Scott
Why was the fight with Covey a major turning point?
It was the spiritual rebirth for Douglass he gained his manhood
Thomas Auld
What does Aunt Hesters beating symbolize?
Dehumanization and cruelty towards slaves
Douglass says the holidays were used by slaveholders to encourage what behavior?
Drunkenness
The city where Douglass arrived a free man was where?
New York
Why was Sophia Auld teaching Douglass to read a major tuning point?
Douglass learns the importance in knowledge because it gives freedom
Covey
Born from oppression and rejection of false hope
Douglass distinguishes between Christianity of Christ or Christianity of the land calling it what?
Hypocritical slaveholding religion
Who was the abolitionist who encouraged Douglass to speak publicly after hearing his story?
Lloyd Garrison
Why was Douglass failed attempt to escape Freelands farm a major turning point?
Strengthens Douglass desire to escape and leads him to eventually succeeding
Who was considered one of the fairest and least cruel slave holders who was Douglass master after Covey?
William Freeland
What does the fight with covey symbolize?
Rebirth and reclaiming humanity