Context + Setting
This U.S. region was the setting of Frederick Douglass’s early life in slavery.
What is Maryland?
This is the first slave master Douglass remembered.
Who is Captain Anthony?
Douglass first dreamed of freedom after reading this kind of text.
What are speeches/essays about liberty and human rights?
Douglass strongly supported this president during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Who won Super Bowl 51?
Who was the New England Patriots?
Douglass was born in this decade.
What is the 1810s?
This act of kindness by Sophia Auld eventually turned into hostility as she learned slavery’s demands.
What is teaching Douglass the alphabet?
As a young man, Douglass worked at this trade in Baltimore, which gave him skills and wages.
What is ship caulking?
Douglass recruited Black soldiers to fight in this famous regiment.
What is the 54th Massachusetts Regiment?
How many times has Simon talked during in class discussions?
What is three times?
This is the name of the plantation overseer who was known for his cruelty and was eventually killed by a slave.
Who is Mr. Severe?
300: Douglass said this was the “pathway from slavery to freedom.”
What is learning to read?
Douglass planned his first escape attempt with fellow slaves using this method of disguise.
What is forged “protection passes”?
Douglass believed this Union policy, announced in 1863, transformed the war into a fight for freedom.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
How many wins has JV soccer had in the last 2 years?
What is 1
Douglass described this “Great House Farm” as the central plantation where important decisions were made.
What is Colonel Lloyd’s plantation?
Douglass fought this man in a pivotal moment that marked his resistance to slavery.
Who is Mr. Covey?
In 1838, Douglass finally escaped slavery disguised in this way.
What is as a sailor with borrowed papers?
Douglass argued that African Americans had the right not only to fight, but also to this, which would secure their equality after the war.
What is citizenship / the right to vote?
How much does Luke weigh? (guess within 5 pounds)
165 lbs
Douglass explained that children often went without proper clothing, sometimes wearing only this through the cold months.
What is a linen shirt (no shoes, pants, or blankets)?
Douglass compared slavery to this poisonous force that corrupted both enslaved people and their masters.
What is a disease or moral corruption?
After reaching the North, Douglass settled here with his new wife Anna Murray.
What is New Bedford, Massachusetts?
Douglass met Lincoln in the White House to urge him to ensure fair treatment of this group of soldiers.
Who are Black Union soldiers?
What was Frederick Douglass's full name?
Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Douglass