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What is a symbol?
What is Maya Angelou's biography?
The first person to die for freedom in the fight against the British.
Who was Crispus Attucks?
An expression of sorrow
What is alas?
What is a simile?
Narrative of the Life of an American Slave
What is Frederick Douglass's Autobiography?
He absconded the confederacy, taking The Planter out of Charleston Harbor.
Who was Robert Smalls?
To be arrogant--in this case, as a defense against those who are aim to "cut you with their eyes."
What is haughty?
"I am the hopes and dreams of the slave."
What is a metaphor?
"What is the 4th of July to a Slave?"
What is Frederick Douglass's most famous speech?
She was a journalist who risked her life to cover the crimes committed against African-Americans during reconstruction and post reconstruction.
What is infuse?
The caged bird.
What is a symbol?
She was the first African-American author, writing a renowned book of poem in colonial America.
Who was Phyllis Wheatley?
Her and her sister fled the South and eventually joined the abolitionist movement. They also wrote a book of interviews, giving voice to formally enslaved people.
Who are the Grimke sisters?
To restore worth. The spirituals were songs of soulful ---- to those whose bodies were stuck in bondage.
What is redemption?
The old, old pain returns with a keener sting. [Repetition of old]
What is anaphora?
What is Ivory and Oak?
She lost a child--and this infused her with an empathy that led her to read an abolitionist book. It was an international best seller.
Who was Harriet Beecher Stow/ What was Uncle Tom's Cabin?