Life & Escape
The year Frederick Douglass was born into enslavement
What is 1818?
The point of view Douglass uses throughout his narrative to show a concrete perspective.
What is First-Person?
The number of U.S. states where slavery was legal in 1845.
What is 15?
This writer exposed the "truth about lynching" in the late 1800s.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
"I was broken in body, soul, and ______."
What is spirit?
The specific state Douglass escaped from in 1838.
What is Maryland?
These "heart-rending" sounds from his aunt are an example of vivid sensory detail used to create pathos
What are shrieks?
This 1850 law increased conflict by requiring that escaped enslaved people be returned to their enslavers.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
The 1950s author who wrote Notes of a Native Son to show the psychological effects of racism.
Who is James Baldwin?
The common saying used to describe slave surveillance: "A still tongue makes a ______."
What is a wise head?
The method of transport Douglass used to board a train to Havre de Grace during his escape.
Douglass wrote, "You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a ____."
What is a man?
The co-founded organization Douglass first spoke for in 1833.
What is the American Anti-Slavery Society?
This modern figure leaked documents in 2013 to expose secret mass surveillance.
Who is Edward Snowden?
The secret NSA programs exposed in 2013: PRISM and __________.
What is XKeyscore?
Douglass was known as the most ___________ man of the 19th century.
What is photographed?
This literary device uses words like "warm, red blood" to force readers to witness the reality of violence.
What is imagery?
The US President who was heavily influenced by Douglass's Narrative during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This 1960s leader is often compared to Douglass for his focus on empowerment and human rights.
The name of the plantation where Douglass was born.
What is the Holme Hill Farm / Talbot County?
The name of the "slave-breaker" who Douglass eventually fought back against to regain his manhood.
Who is Mr. Covey?
Douglass used this specific "tone" to accurately reflect the harsh reality of life as an enslaved person.
What is blunt or harsh?
These two constitutional amendments (14th & 15th) eventually granted citizenship and protected voting rights.
What are the Reconstruction Amendments?
This veteran and author of Born on the Fourth of July used his personal trauma to advocate for change, much like Douglass.
Who is Ron Kovic?
The title of the 1845 book that changed American history.
What is Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave?