Vocab meanings
A disrespectful or rude comment
What is impertinent
Which word also means slang
What is jargon?
Frederick Douglass' mother
Who is Harriet Bailey?
What emotion does Douglass associate with singing songs?
What is being sad or sadness?
Fill in the blank: The lawyer filled his speech with complicated legal ______________________ that was hard for most people to understand.
What is jargon?
To absorb ideas
What is imbibe?
Which word also means the same as club/ stick and baton
What is cudgel?
Douglass' aunt
Who is Aunt Hester?
Colonel Lloyd had what animal on his ranch?
What are horses?
Which vocabulary word means “echo or sound that carries”?
What is reverberate?
To break apart or separate
What is sundered?
What also means the same as trick and scheme
What is a stratagem?
Who has a large and finely cultivated garden?
Who is Colonel Lloyd?
How many pounds of pork were slaves given a month?
What is 8 pounds?
Fill in the blank: The performers put on a lively _____________________ with singing, dancing, and short comedy acts all in one show.
What is Revue?
Lack of basic necessities like food or shelter
What is privation?
Which word also means the same as mixed raced
What is mulatto?
The man who replaced Mr. Severe?
Who is Mr. Hopkins?
Colonel Lloyd riches was compared to which Bible character?
Who is Job?
Which word means club or stick used as a weapon?
What is a cudgel?
A sound that echoes loudly
What is reverberate?
Which word means the same as hardship
What is privation?
Douglass' first master
Who is Anthony?
If a slave admitted they were unhappy, what would often happen to them?
What is sold?
Which vocab word is both outdated and offensive today, but was used in Douglass’ time?
What is mulatto?