Question #8
What was the name of a slave trader?
(Be careful, spelling matters!)
Question #9
Frederick Douglass felt slaves songs revealed two things when he was a slave.
What two things did the slave songs reveal to him as a slave?
Question #10
Looking back, what does Frederick Douglass recognize in the slave songs?
Question #11
Take a second to think about this sentence:
"The mere recurrence to those songs, even now, afflicts me; and while I am writing these lines, an expression of feeling has already found its way down my cheek."
What is Frederick Douglass saying?
Question #12
Looking back Frederick Douglass writes that "To those songs I trace my first glimmering conception of the dehumanizing character of slavery."
What does "dehumanizing" mean?
Question #13
In the same quote, what does Frederick Douglass mean by "my first glimmering conception"?
"To those songs I trace my first glimmering conception of the dehumanizing character of slavery."
Question #14
When does Frederick Douglass say that slaves sing?
Question #15
What else would you like to learn about Frederick Douglas?
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