Freedom:A History of US
What did Frederick Douglass realize when he speaks at the abolition meeting in Nantucket Island?
He was a slave.
What was Frederick Douglass slave name?
Frederick Bailey
What is the meaning of "abolish"?
to officially end a law or system
Which continent was considered a domestic institution?
Africa
What is the root word of desolate?
sol/sole
Frederick Douglass mother would travel through the night to see her son. What does this tell us about his mother?
She desired to be reunited with her son.
She felt a sense of loneliness due to the disconnect from her child.
She was determined to form some type of bond with her son.
What word represents, "to move things around, to stir the pot."?
agitate
What did Thomas Jefferson do to end slavery?
He passed a law ending legalized slavery.
How did Robert Walsh describe the conditions of the slaves on the slave ships?
“The slaves were all enclosed under grated hatchways, between decks. The space was so low they sat between each other’s legs … [and] there was no possibility of lying down, or at all changing their position, by night or day. Over the hatchway stood a ferocious-looking fellow with a scourge of many twisted thongs in his hand, who was the slavedriver of the ship.."
Which prefix means "again or back"?
Why didn't Frederick Douglass write down his escape plan in his book Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?
He did not want the slave catchers to capture others who were using the same route as him.
Who were the two famous women that Frederick Douglass befriended?
Ida B. Wells and Susan B Anthony
Which slave master stated “Do you imagine you could prevail on us to give up a thousand million dollars in the value of our slaves, and a thousand million more in the value of our lands?”
James Henry Hammond
Something that causes pain and suffering is
Affliction
Which root word represents "seek, ask"?
Quir
Why did Frederick Douglass state in his book , "you degrade us, and then ask why we are degraded"?
Because he wants the white people to understand how their actions and words are misleading and or hypocritical. The treatment of the slave is inhuman.
How did Frederick Douglass avoid re-entering slavery?
He fled to England.
Which section of the United States was the wealthiest?
The South
Why didn't slavery make sense in the North?
"farms were small and the farmer could often handle the work himself"
Capable of
Describe Frederick Douglass tone when he states, "you shut our mouths and then ask why we don't speak-you close your colleges and seminaries against us, and then ask why we don't know more."?
He is fed up, upset, disgusted, or annoyed.
Douglass mean when he stated,
“ men who want crops without plowing up the ground?
He meant if you do not put in the work or stand up for your rights then you will never see change
What changed the North that made them against slavery?
Immigrants, ideas, and inventions
Which law was passed in Virginia that stated, "slaves are property, not people?
The Virginia Black Code
Determine the meaning of the word in italics.
His life was devoted to planning and perpetrating the grossest deceptions.
dedicated, steadfast, true to