Characters
In a pivotal scene, Douglass stands up to this respected religious man and slave breaker.
Mr. Covey
Douglass is enslaved in Talbot County in this state...
Maryland
A warrant was issued for her arrest after the murder of a young enslaved girl, but it was never served.
Mrs. Hicks
This word means "the practice of claiming to have moral standards of beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform."
Hypocrisy
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Spongebob Squarepants
One of Douglass's owners in Baltimore, corrupted by owning a human being for the first time.
Mrs. Sophia Auld
Douglass's arrival at this city fills him with hope, and will eventually be the place from which he escapes.
Baltimore, Maryland
The one thing Douglass knows about his father.
He was a white man, rumored to be his master.
This term was used to describe a person who advocated for the end of slavery.
Abolitionist
Pepperoni
DAILY DOUBLE: This man murders a slave named Demby in cold blood and faces no consequences for his actions.
Mr. Gore
Douglass hides here from Mr. Covey and what he fears will be a fatal beating.
A cornfield
This item likely gives Douglass the inspiration to stand up to Mr. Covey
a "magical" root
The phrase "If you give a slave an inch, he'll take an ell" means...
If you give an enslaved person freedom, he will take advantage of you.
What is the capital of Maryland?
Annapolis
According to Douglass, the whipping of this woman served as his introduction to the horrors of slavery.
Douglass's Aunt Hester
These are described as having the "shrouded ghosts" and "swift-winged angels"
The ships in the Chesapeake Bay
Illiteracy, not allowing reading, etc.
In the 19th century, this word meant to reduce to the level of a beast or animal.
Brutalize
In what year was the first iPhone released?
2007
Douglass says the treatment of this woman "served to deepen my conviction of the infernal character of slavery" more than anything else.
Douglass's grandmother
These were said to be better fed and as enjoying more privileges than their plantation counterparts.
Enslaved people in the city
Enslaved people on the plantation where Douglass lives as a child are given a monthly allowance of which two food items.
One pound of pork or fish and one bushel of cornmeal
DAILY DOUBLE: This word, found in the title of a famous proclamation, means "the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions."
Emancipation
How much does a cloud weigh?
Around one million pounds.