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“the turning-point in my career as a slave”
The fight w/ Covey
100
Maryland
The state where Frederick was born?
100
an Abolitionist
What is a person who spoke against and tried to end slavery?
100
Initally the nicest of all slave owners.
Frederick’s initial impression of his new mistress, Mrs. Sophia Auld?
100
Anna Murray
Who was Frederick's first wife?
200
Takes the old note books in the house where he lives and traces letters and words.
Frederick does this to learn to write?
200
Frederick Augustus Bailey
What was Frederick Douglass's name at birth?
200
Maxim
Is when a slave had a steel tongue or kept quiet.
200
Covery
He was known as the slave breaker.
200
Slaves where well clothed and didn't work on the plantations.
What was so special about the Great Farm House?
300
not giving slaves enough to eat
What rule of slaveholding does Master Thomas Auld violate?
300
What was the Month and yr. Douglass left his chains for good?
Sept. 3, 1838
300
Cowskin
What was used to whip slaves when being punished.
300
Mr. Gore
Shot a Demby for running in the water after being whipped.
300
Harriet Bailey
What is/was Fredericks mother's name?
400
to go to town (5 miles) and get more food to eat
Why does Frederick let Master Thomas’s horse run away?
400
How does Douglass gain confidence and regain his spirit to runway to the North?
fighting/standing up to Covey
400
They watch the slaves while working.
What is the overseer?
400
Mean, drunk and hits the slaves for no reason.
How is Plummer the overseer?
400
The poor white kids at the shipyard.
Who taught Douglass how to become a better reader?
500
What is the purpose of the “protections” written by Frederick?
To be used during his escape, if they were to be stopped, it was proof of permission.
500
Tarring the fence
How did Colonel Lloyd keep the slave boys from taking his fruit?
500
to have courage
What does Goad mean?
500
Captain Anthony
Who is Frederick's First Master?
500
Masters didn't want there slaves getting any ideas about running away or reading, it made a unfit slave.
What is the point of keeping slaves ignorant?
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