frederick douglass ch.9-11 – Flashcards
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Why does Douglass now know the date?
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He knows how to read
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Who is Douglass's newest Master?
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Master Thomas Auld
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What rule of slaveholding does Master Thomas Auld violate?
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Didn't give slaves enough food
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How did the slaves get food?
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Stole food from neighbors and begged
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Why does Douglass say that "adopted slaveholders are the worst"?
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They are used to the rules of slaveholding, they over compensate with meanness
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What, according to Douglass, happens to Master Thomas Auld after his conversion to Christianity? Why?
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He became more cruel, religion supported his slave holding
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Why does Douglass find irony in the fact that the slaves sabbath school is discontinued?
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Because slaves were supposed to learn b/ the class leaders didn't want to teach slaves to read the New Testament
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Why does Douglass let Master Thomas's horse run away?
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So that he can get food from the nearby farm
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Again, Douglass compares the treatment of slaves to the treatment of horses. How?
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The horses have enough to eat and the slaves don't
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How does Master Thomas propose to "break" Douglass?
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Sending him to Mr.Covey
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Why was Mr. Covey's reputation for breaking slaves of great value to him?
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He would get free labor out of it
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Why does Mr. Covey whip Douglass?
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Because he was awkward with the oxen
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Why are the slaves so fearful of Mr. Covey? Why does their work go on in his absence?
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Because he sneaks up on them when they least expect it; the snake
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Why is it "never safe to stop a single minute"?
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Because Covey might be watching
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Why does Mr. Covey buy a slave to use as a breeder?
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Because he wants more slaves
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Why does he hire Mr. Samuel Harrison, a married man?
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He has him come every night to spend time with slave Caroline (breeder) to get her pregnant
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How does Mr. Covey succeed in breaking Douglass?
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Because he breaks his spirit
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How does Douglass succeed in again becoming a man?
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He stands up for himself
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Why does Douglass go to Master Thomas Auld?
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To lodge a complaint against Covey
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Why does he return to Covey? Who convinces him to do so? What does Sandy Jenkins suggest that Douglass do?
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Master Thomas Auld makes him return. Sandy Jerkins convinces him to go back to Covey and tells him to find a root in the woods and keep on his right side to prevent being whipped
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Who does Douglass win the fight with Mr Covey?
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??
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Why does Douglass contend that Mr Covey does not turn him in?
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He did not want to jeopardize his rep
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Why is Douglass's battle with Mr Covey "the turning-point in my career as a slave"?
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Rekindled all his ideas of freedom; awarded by his little triumph
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How are the holidays used to "disgust the slave with freedom"?
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They lead the slaves to think that being drunk and sick is what freedom is like
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Where does Douglass go after leaving Mr Covey's on January 1, 1834?
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Mr. William Freeland; not as religious slave master, nicer, gave them enough food and time to eat it
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Who is his new master and how does he treat Douglass?
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William Freeland. He treated him better. Open and frank, not sneaky or religious
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Why does Douglass include the story about the two religious slaveholders Mr Hopkins and Mr Weeden? What point is he attempting to make?
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That religious masters are the worst because they felt they needed to prove every single one of their beliefs with slavery
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Why and where does Frederick begin a Sabbath school? Why is it essential that the slaves tell no one about it?
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The house of a freed colored man; they didn't want to get in trouble with the white masters for learning to read
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What would the slaveholders like the slaves to do on the Sabbath? Why is this ironic?
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The slaveholders want them to wrestle and take part in other degrading sport like that; ironic because the masters are practicing Christians who should just want the slaves to be converted
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Why does Douglass decide to include the slaves in his Sabbath school in his plans to obtain his freedom? Why is this dangerous?
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He wanted to include them and didn't want to go into freedom leaving them behind; dangerous because they could be punished as well
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Douglass makes the point that many slaves would "rather bear those ills we had, than fly to others, that we knew not of". How does this help explain why so few slaves escaped?
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The slaves at least knew what to expect if stayed where they were but leaving to to escape to the North would bring unknown dangers and the fear of being caught and treated much worse was hard to overcome
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How do the salves plan to run away?
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They would get a canoe and sail through the Chesapeake until they get to Maryland
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What is the purpose of the "protections" written by Douglass?
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They were notes that said the slaves were on Easter holiday
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What happens to their plan, and how do the "protections" nearly cause their deaths?
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Someone sold them out; the protections would have sold them out completely
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What happens to each of the slaves who attempted to run away?
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They were all taken to jail and then all of them were taken out of jail except for Frederick
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When Douglass returns to Baltimore, what does he do?
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Live with Master Hugh to learn a trade; worked in the shipyard
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Douglass again decides to fight when he is attacked. What happens to him? What does Master Hugh attempt to do for Douglass?
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He fights back and the white men get angry; he flees away; Master Hugh tries to fix it and free Fredrick from blame
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What must Douglass do with the wages he earns each week as a caulker? Why?
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He has to give them to his master
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For what two reasons does Douglass tell us that he cannot relate the means of his escape?
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He wanted to help the people who helped him
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Why does he not approve of the underground railroad?
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It is too well known
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What does Master Hugh do to attempt to encourage Douglass to continue to earn money? What effect does his encouragement have?
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He gives him a cent on every dollar
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What does Douglass ask of Master Thomas? What is he told?
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To hire out his time, no
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What arrangement does Douglass eventually make with Master Hugh? Why is this arrangement to Master Hugh's advantage? Why does Douglass agree to it?
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Hugh lets him hire out his time and take care of himself
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What does Master Hugh do when he discovers that Douglass las left town to find work?
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He stops him from hiring his time
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Why does Douglass decide to work hard despite the dissolution of their agreement?
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He doesn't want Hugh to suspect Franklin of being discontented
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When and to where does Douglass run away?
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New York - September 3, 1838
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Why does he feel so lonely?
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There is no one to trust or help him
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Who helps Douglass in New York? How?
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Ruggles gives him passage to NB
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How is it possible for Douglass and Anna to marry? Why is their marriage such an important event?
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Ruggles performs the wedding, Franklin's first legal document
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Why does Mr Ruggles suggest that Douglass not stay in New York and go to New Bedford, Massachusetts?
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New York was not safe
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Who helps Douglass and Anna in New Bedford? What does he do for them?
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Mr. Nathan Johnson gave him his new name
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Why had Douglass believed about life in the North? Was he correct? What does he find about life in the North?
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He thought the North would be poor without slaves
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How were the wharves in New Bedford different from those in Baltimore?
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Clean, quiet, beautiful
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What conditions did he find for "colored people"?
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Some colored people were more wealthy than others
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What does Douglass discover about prejudice against color in New Bedford?
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Blacks vs. fugitive slaves - blacks will accuse fugitive slaves and kill them or return them to their masters; white caulkers wouldn't work with black caulkers
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How does Douglass make a living when he can't find work as a caulker?
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He works at the docks
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How does Douglass become known to the "anti-slavery world"?
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He was at a anti-slavery convention in Nantucket in 1841
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Why is Douglass at first reluctant to speak out against slavery?
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He was still scared of being returned
