The Slave Narratives

Question 1

In what regard is Douglass's August confrontation with Covey a turning point?

Accepted Answer

Douglass convinces covey of the wrongs of slavery, Douglass fights back against covey

Question 2

Why do Douglass’s fellow apprentices at the Baltimore shipyard attack him?

Accepted Answer

they were fearful of blacks stealing their jobs

Question 3

Why is Douglass grateful that Hugh Auld orders a stop to Douglass's reading lessons?

Accepted Answer

Aud unwittingly gives Douglass the key to escape slavery

Question 4

Which of the following was not one of Douglass's sources to learn to read?

Accepted Answer

Two Irish doc workers

Question 5

What does Douglass gain from the Colombian Orator?

Accepted Answer

An understanding of the political argument against slavery

Question 6

Why does Douglass believe that city slaveholders are usually less cruel than rural slaveholders?

Accepted Answer

They are conscious of the disapproval of their non-slaveholding neighbors

Question 7

What is Douglass's probably father's name?

Accepted Answer

captain anthony

Question 8

What is the reasoning for sophia Aulds transformation?

Accepted Answer

She becomes cruel with the irresponsible power of owning another person

Question 9

What service does Douglass offer his fellow slaves at William Freeland’s?

Accepted Answer

literacy lessons

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT what Douglass interprets slave songs to be?

Accepted Answer

prayers to God

Question 11

Which of the following is not a reason Douglass is happy about moving to Baltimore?

Accepted Answer

THe Aulds are a kind couple

Question 12

While whipping slaves Thomas Auld would...

Accepted Answer

quote Scripture (The Bible)

Question 13

What do Colonel Lloyd's slaves call the plantation Douglass grew up on?

Accepted Answer

Great House Farm

Question 14

What is one of the main reasons Fredrick Douglass wrote The Slave Narratives

Accepted Answer

Many didn't believe someone so smart and articulate was a former slave.

Question 15

Why is Douglass surprised by New Bedford?

Accepted Answer

He thought the North would be poverty stricken

Question 16

Why do children of a slave-owning father and slave mother have the worst lot of the slaves?

Accepted Answer

They must face the cruel wrath of the slave owner's wife

Question 17

What event does Douglass connect his introduction to the horrors of slavery?

Accepted Answer

captain aulds whipping of aunt Hester

Question 18

What happens to Douglass and the others when their escape plan is betrayed?

Accepted Answer

they are jailed

Question 19

How does Douglass get enough money to escape?

Accepted Answer

he hired out his time slowly and saves money

Question 20

Why does Douglass have no Knowledge of his birth date?

Accepted Answer

slave owners keep slaves ignorant of their birthdates

Question 21

What is Douglass's main point about Gore Shooting Demby?

Accepted Answer

Whites are not punished for killing blacks

Questions 21