People
Who did Douglass get into a fight with?
Mr. Covey
What was the turning point in Douglass resistance against slavery?
His fight with Covey
Who was the first man to officially break Douglas’s in?
Mr Covey
What was the key to the slaves freedom that they needed to pursue?
Knowledge
What was Douglas’s full original name?
Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey
Who was Douglas's first master?
Captain Anthony
What did Douglass promise to himself that he would never let slaveholders do to him again?
Whip him
What would the slavemasters do to slaves who stole food?
Feed it to them ten fold until the slave can’t possibly eat it anymore and gets sick at the thought of it
How were the slaveholders being hypocrites in their faith?
They would be very passionate in the church but the second they got home they would abuse their slaves badly
What was Frederick Douglass relationship like with his mother?
He saw her in very short duration 4 or 5 times in his life so he didn’t adopt the feeling of love from his mother
Who taught Douglass to read and write?
Mrs. Auld
In what way did Douglass resist mentally?
By learning to read and write himself, and teaching other slaves the same
What would the slavemasters do at Christmas?
Bet on the drunkness of their slaves and tease them with freedom
What tool did the slave owners use to control the slaves (which is also a major theme in the book)?
Ignorance
Where was Frederick Douglass born?
Tuckahoe near Hillsborough Maryland
Who was the slavemaster who claimed to be Christian but did not act like one?
Thomas Auld
Henry Harris, John Harris, Henry Bailey, and Charles Roberts
Why did Douglass feel the need to give Master Hugh the money he earned?
Because Hugh had the power to compel Douglass to give it to him
How did slavery affect the slaveholders?
Messed up the slaveholders moral health, and had a detrimental affect on them all around
Why did Frederick Douglass not know his father?
Because he was a white man
What was Douglas's moms name?
Harriet Bailey
Who encouraged Douglass to eventually escape?
Anna Murray (his future wife)
Why couldn’t Douglass get justice against his attack and attacker?
Because no white witnesses would step forward for him and a black man’s witness didn’t count
How does not having any fellowship affect the slaves?
They feel very isolated
How many masters did Frederick Douglass have?
Six
(Captain Anthony, Edward Lloyd, Thomas and Lucretia Auld, William Freeland, Edward Covey)