Text of Book
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Questions
| 1) | What is this chapter mainly about? |
| 2) | Frederick Douglass "was immediately sent for, to be valued with the other property."
What does "immediately" mean in this context? |
| 3) | Frederick Douglass writes that "I had now a new conception of my degraded condition."
What does he mean by "conception"? |
| 4) | Where were the slaves nervous not want to go when they are being divided? |
| 5) | During all the changes and deaths of slaveholders, what relative of Frederick Douglass suffers the most? |
| 6) | What does Frederick Douglass mean by "separation" in the quote below?
"In addition to the pain of separation, there was the horrid dread of falling into the hands of Master Andrew." |
| 7) | What does Whittier's poem describe? |
| 8) | How did "Master Thomas" punish "Master Hugh"? |
| 9) | Who did Frederick Douglass miss when he left Baltimore and went to St. Michael's? |
| 10) | Frederick Douglass says leaving Baltimore was "another most painful separation."
What is he going to miss most about his life in Baltimore? |
| 11) | What else would you like to learn about the Frederick Douglass and slavery in Maryland? |