Frederick Douglass ch.1-3
Douglass does not know this basic personal fact because slaveholders deliberately kept enslaved people ignorant.
Birthday
"The pathway from slavery to freedom" for Douglass.
Literacy (Education)
The notorious "slave-breaker" that Douglass is sent to.
Covey
Why does the protagonist hide but not fully run away?
Her children
Enslaved people usually feared being sent to this region of the country.
The South
Slaves typically had to sleep where on Colonel Lloyd's plantation?
The ground
What did Douglass exchange with the poor white boys in Baltimore in order to learn.
Bread
Douglass and his companions planned to escape disguised as what?
Fishermen
Slaves must rely on what as their only weapon against opression?
Cunning
Who claims that Douglass learning to read would "forever unfit him to be a slave.”
Mr. Auld
Colonel Lloyd put this substance on the fence around his garden so he could catch slaves that were stealing.
Tar
Who first teaches Douglass the alphabet?
Mrs. Auld
This enslaved man encouraged the plan at first but later “gave up the notion.”
Sandy Jenkins
The father of the main characters children?
Mr. Sands
Who does Douglass describe being brutally whipped early in the book.
Aunt Hester
The Great House Farm belongs to the ____ family.
Lloyd
The two Irishmen that Douglass meets at the wharf tell him he should do what?
Run away.
What name does Douglas claim subjects its bearers to “frightful liabilities?”
Abolitionist
Who tells the protagonist not to be “chicken-hearted,” but to remain courageous.
Betty
What does Douglass notice is used by overseers and masters to excuse and intensify cruelty towards slaves?
Religion (Christianity)
The probable father of Frederick Douglas?
Captain Anthony
Which enslaved women in Baltimore show Douglass initially that the cruelty of slavery was not limited to plantations?
Henrietta and Mary
What is Douglass referring to when he says, “You are loosed from your moorings, and are free; I am fast in my chains, and am a slave!"
Sail boats
Who takes care of the protagonist's children to protect them from Mr. Flint?
The Grandmother
The trade that Douglass is learning at the ship yard when he is brutally attacked.
Calking