Douglass

Question 1

Where was douglass born

Answer 1

maryland

Question 2

who were his parents

Answer 2

harriet bailey

Captain Anthony - presumed

Question 3

about his birth

Answer 3

unknown

Question 4

1824

Answer 4

Harriet Bailey dies

Question 5

what did his mother do

Answer 5

walk 12 miles to see him

Question 6

how many times had he seen his mother

Answer 6

4 or 5

Question 7

first master

Answer 7

captain anthony

Question 8

when with captain anthony

Answer 8

1817 to 1825

Question 9

what was cap anthony’s plantation called

Answer 9

great house farm

Question 10

where does he go in 1825

Answer 10

hugh auld in baltimore

Question 11

what happens at first in baltimore

Answer 11

wife sophia tries to teach him to read but hugh stops it

Question 12

1828

Answer 12

assessed as property at Captain Anthony’s death
fell to Mrs. Lucretia
sent back to Baltimore

Question 13

how did he feel about going back to baltimore

Answer 13

blessed by God

Question 14

1829

Answer 14

reads The Columbian Orator which gives him arguments against slavery
told to run away
begins to plan

Question 15

1832

Answer 15

Lucretia dies
Thomas Auld remarries
has words with Hugh
takes Douglass to his house in St. Michaels

Question 16

about thomas auld

Answer 16

bad master
starves slaves
religious

Question 17

1833

Answer 17

sent to Edward Covey’s to be broken

Question 18

at Covey’s

Answer 18

he is broken by his deviousness and cruelty

Question 19

what happens at covey’s first

Answer 19

he collapses in the field and goes to thomas auld for help but it is denied

Question 20

other event at covey’s

Answer 20

gets into a fight with him and wins, never to be beaten by him again

Question 21

His conclusion after coveys

Answer 21

Resolved to be free

Question 22

1834

Answer 22

Sent to live with William free land

Question 23

Freeland

Answer 23

kinder master

fed him, gave him tools and time

Question 24

what happened with freeland

Answer 24

had a sabbath reading school which got broken up by christians

Question 25

1835

Answer 25

* Rehired by Freeland * A plot to escape with others was discovered * T. Auld sends him back to Baltimore to H. Auld again (reason unknown) * Learns to calk and pays Auld much weekly; this unfairness galls him

Question 26

1838

Answer 26

* On 9-3 he escapes to New York and is helped David Riggles * Wed 15: Anna Murray * Johnson in New Bedford changes name

Question 27

1839

Answer 27

reads liberator

Question 28

about liberator

Answer 28

* Its exposure of slavery’s evils thrilled him | * “My soul was set all on fire.”

Question 29

1841

Answer 29

Becomes more public •He attends an anti-slavery convention in Nantucket •He is urged by William Coffin to speak up, and he does so

Question 30

1845

Answer 30

* States he is not against Christianity per se | * This book is published during this year

Question 31

other publications

Answer 31

* 1847: Works with “North Star”, newspaper against slavery * 1855: My Bondage and My Freedom * 1881: The Life and Times of F. D. * 1894: Speech at The World’s Fair

Question 32

1895

Answer 32

Death •Attends a women’s rights meeting on 2-20 •Dies after a stroke or heart attack that evening

Question 33

themes

Answer 33

``` The evils of slavery The power of education The techniques of supremacy The power of determination The blessings of freedom The hypocrisy of some Christians The blessing of true Christianity The providence of God ```

Question 34

rhetorical devices

Answer 34

``` ethos pathos logos irony sarcasm contrast Comparison word plays ```

Question 35

ethos

Answer 35

Ethos (credibility): a slave’s voice, doesn’t know facts, accuracy, escape

Question 36

pathos

Answer 36

Pathos (emotions): aunt’s whipping, provisions, cold, “Trust no man!”

Question 37

logos

Answer 37

Logos (logic): God give justice, no trials, paying master, life better

Question 38

irony

Answer 38

Irony (expectation/reality): horses/people, ships/men, drunk/thinking

Question 39

sarcasm

Answer 39

Sarcasm (mocking): reputation, Christians break up school, parody

Question 40

contrast

Answer 40

Contrast: slaves’ songs/answers, grandmother, broken-pumped, work

Question 41

comparison

Answer 41

Comparison: slaves like politicians, bread of knowledge, P. Henry

Question 42

word plays

Answer 42

Word plays: slave-man, slave in form but not fact, free land & Freeland

Question 43

1818

Answer 43

douglass born | separated from mother almost immediately