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Text of Book<\/u><\/h2>\n

Preface from William Lloyd Garrison, page 1<\/a><\/h3>\n

Preface from William Lloyd Garrison, page 2<\/a><\/h3>\n

Preface from William Lloyd Garrison, page 3<\/a><\/h3>\n

Preface from William Lloyd Garrison, page 4<\/a><\/h3>\n

Preface from William Lloyd Garrison, page 5<\/a><\/h3>\n

Preface from William Lloyd Garrison, page 6<\/a><\/h3>\n

Questions<\/u><\/h2>\n\n\n
1)<\/b><\/td>\nIn the book, we will ask you lots of questions about what happens to Frederick Douglass and the information he shares. In the Preface, we will only ask questions about vocabulary.<\/p>\n

First of all, were there any words you did not understand in this letter?
(You can list them here.)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n
2)<\/b><\/td>\nWilliam Lloyd Garrison writes, "In the month of August, 1841, I attended an anti–slavery convention in Nantucket, at which it was my happiness to become acquainted with Frederick Douglass, the writer of the following Narrative."<\/p>\n

What does he mean by "attended" in this context?<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n
3)<\/b><\/td>\nIn the same quote you just reread (also copied below), what does "convention" mean?<\/p>\n

"In the month of August, 1841, I attended an anti–slavery convention in Nantucket, at which it was my happiness to become acquainted with Frederick Douglass, the writer of the following Narrative."<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n
4)<\/b><\/td>\nWilliam Lloyd Garrison later wrote, "he was induced to give his attendance, on the occasion alluded to, though at that time a resident in New Bedford."<\/p>\n

What does he mean by "induced" in this context?<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n
5)<\/b><\/td>\nIn the same quote you just reread (copied below), what is another word that means the same as "occassion"?<\/p>\n

"…he was induced to give his attendance, on the occasion alluded to, though at that time a resident in New Bedford."<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n
6)<\/b><\/td>\nWhen Garrison stated "fortunate for the cause of negro emancipation, and of universal liberty!", what does "universal" mean?<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n
7)<\/b><\/td>\nGarrison states, "I therefore endeavored to instil hope and courage into his mind, in order that he might dare to engage in a vocation so anomalous and responsible for a person in his situation;…"<\/p>\n

What does he mean by "endeavored" in this context?<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n
8)<\/b><\/td>\nIn the same quote (below), what does "vocation" mean?<\/p>\n

"I therefore endeavored to instil hope and courage into his mind, in order that he might dare to engage in a vocation so anomalous and responsible for a person in his situation;…"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Text of Book Preface from William Lloyd Garrison, page 1 Preface from William Lloyd Garrison, page 2 Preface from William Lloyd Garrison, page 3 Preface from William Lloyd Garrison, page 4 Preface from William Lloyd Garrison, page 5 Preface from William Lloyd Garrison, page 6 Questions 1) In the book, we will ask you lots […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-text"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}