Scene 1
Who was the “proud, ambitious, cruel, and obdurate” man who enjoyed inflicting severe punishments on the enslaved people on the farm
Mr. Gore
What event at the beginning of Chapter 8 leads to the "valuation of the property"?
Captain Anthony's death
What job was Frederick Douglass hired out to do at the shipyard on Fell's Point?
A caulker
Where did scene 1 take place
Colonel Lloyd's massive Maryland plantation
Who were the two heirs between whom the enslaved people and other property were to be divided?
Mrs. Lucretia and Master Andrew
Who was Douglass's master that he returned home to after the beating?
Hugh Auld
What were the 2 choices Demby had?
Either get shot or be subject to more severe lashings by Mr. Gore
In the quote "Men and women, old and young, married and single, were ranked with horses, sheep and swine," what three animals does Douglass compare enslaved people to?
Horses, sheep, and swine.
Why did the apprentices attack Douglass, according to the narrator's introduction?
His skill as a laborer bred fear among the white apprentices, who felt threatened that an enslaved man could work and compete for jobs like a free man.
Name at least 2 things that maintain slavery
What is Justice system, cruel slaveowners, racial ideology, economic demands, etc.
What literary device does Douglass use when he places "men and women" directly alongside livestock in his description of the valuation?
Juxtaposition
What did Esquire Watson, the magistrate, tell Hugh Auld he needed in order to issue a warrant against the apprentices?
A white witness willing to swear to what happenedl. Douglass's own testimony, and that of any Black witnesses, carried no legal weight.
What does Douglass convey message through scene 1?
The injust justice system push the vulnerable into a more powerless postitions while protecting the people in power with lopsided laws
According to Douglass's quote "We had no more voice in that decision than the brutes among whom we were ranked," what larger point is he making about the legal system's treatment of enslaved people?
That because the law classified them as property rather than people, enslaved people had no legal voice or agency over decisions made about their own lives. Demonstrating institutionalized racism built into the system itself
What does Douglass ultimately realize about "the shape of the world he lived in" after this incident, and how does it connect to the play's broader theme of institutionalized racism?
He realizes that with witnesses, his body could be violently broken and the law would do nothing because the legal system itself, not just individual cruelty, was built to protect white people and leave Black people, free or enslaved, without recourse or protection.