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Frederick Douglass

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The author and narrator of the Narrative. Douglass, a rhetorically skilled and spirited man, is a powerful orator for the abolitionist movement. One of his reasons for writing the Narrative is to offer proof to critics who felt that such an articulate and intelligent man could not have once been a slave. The Narrative describes his experience under slavery from his early childhood until his escape North at the age of twenty. Within that time, he progresses from unenlightened victim of the dehumanizing practices of slavery to educated and empowered young man. He gains the resources and convictions to escape to the North and wage a political fight against the institution of slavery.

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Captain Anthony

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Douglass's first master and probably his father. Is the clerk for Colonel Lloyd, managing Lloyd's surrounding plantations and the overseers of those plantations. Is a cruel man who takes pleasure in whipping his slaves, especially to Douglass's Aunt Hester. He is called "Captain" because he once piloted ships up the Chesapeake Bay.

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Colonel Edward Lloyd

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Captain Anthony's boss and Douglass's first owner. Is an extremely rich man who owns all of the slaves and lands where Douglass grows up. Insists on extreme subservience from his slaves and often punishes them unjustly.

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Lucretia Auld

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Captain Anthony's daughter and Thomas Auld's wife. After Captain Anthony's death, she inherits half his property, including Douglass. She is as cruel an owner as her husband.

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Captain Thomas Auld

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Lucretia Auld's husband and Hugh Auld's brother. He did not grow up owning slaves, but gained them through his marriage to Lucretia. After attending a church meeting in Maryland, He becomes a "pious" man, but he uses his newfound Christianity to be even more self-righteously brutal toward his slaves.

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Hugh Auld

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Thomas Auld's brother and Douglass's occasional master. He lives in Baltimore with his wife, Sophia. Thomas and Lucretia Auld allow him to borrow Douglass as a servant for Hugh's son, Thomas. He is well aware that whites maintain power over blacks by depriving them of education, and he unwittingly enlightens Douglass in this matter. He is not as cruel as his brother Thomas, but he becomes harsher due to a drinking habit in his later years. He seems to suffer some consciousness that slavery and the law's treatment of blacks are inhumane, but he does not allow this consciousness to interfere with his exercising power over Douglass.

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Sophia Auld

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Hugh Auld's wife. She was a working woman before marrying Hugh, and she had never owned slaves. The corruption of owning a slave transforms her from a sympathetic, kind woman into a vengeful monster.

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Edward Covey

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A notorious slave "breaker" and Douglass's keeper for one year. Slave owners send their unruly slaves to him, who works and punishes them (thus getting free labor to cultivate his rented land) and returns them trained and docile. His tactics as a slaveholder are both cruel and sneaky. He is deliberately deceptive and devious when interacting with his slaves, creating an atmosphere of constant surveillance and fear.

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Betsy Bailey

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Douglass's grandmother. She raised Douglass on Captain Anthony's land after Douglass's mother was taken away. served the Anthony family her whole life and had many children and grandchildren who became slaves for the Anthonys. After seeing Captain Anthony's children from birth to death, is abandoned to a hut in the woods instead of being allowed to go free.

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Aunt Hester

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Douglass's aunt. She is an exceptionally beautiful and noble-looking woman, superior to most white and black women. Captain Anthony is extraordinarily interested in her, and she therefore suffers countless whippings at his hands.

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Harriet Bailey

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Douglass's mother. She is separated from Douglass after his birth, but she still attempts to maintain family relations by walking twelve miles to see him at night. She dies when Douglass is young.

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Sandy Jenkins

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A slave acquaintance of Douglass. Highly superstitious, she stands in the Narrative as a representative of all uneducated, superstitious slaves. She is kind to Douglass when Douglass runs away from Covey's, but the Narrative also implies that she may have informed William Freeland about Douglass's plans to escape.

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William Freeland

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Douglass's keeper for two years following his time with Covey. He is the most fair and straightforward of all Douglass's masters and is not hypocritically pious. Douglass acknowledges his exceptional fairness with a pun on his name—"free land."

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William Hamilton

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Father-in-law of Thomas Auld. After Lucretia Auld's death, Thomas remarries his oldest daughter. He sometimes takes charge of Douglass, as when He arrests Douglass for plotting to escape from Freeland.

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William Gardner

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A Baltimore shipbuilder. Hugh Auld sends Douglass to him to learn the trade of caulking. His shipyard is disorderly with racial tension between free-black carpenters and white carpenters, and he is under pressure to complete several ships for a deadline.

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Anna Murray

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Douglass's wife. She is a free black woman from Baltimore who becomes engaged to Douglass before he escapes to freedom. After his escape, she and Douglass marry in New York and then move to New Bedford, Massachusetts.

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Nathan Johnson

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A Massachusetts worker and abolitionist. Johnson is immediately kind and helpful to the Douglasses, loaning them money, helping Douglass find work, and suggesting Douglass's new name. He is well informed on national politics and keeps a nice household.

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William Lloyd Garrison

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Founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He meets Douglass when Douglass is persuaded to tell his history at an abolitionist convention in Nantucket in 1841. Immediately impressed with Douglass's poise and with the power of his story, he hires him for the abolitionist cause.

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Wendell Phillips

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President of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He considers Douglass a close friend. He admires Douglass's bravery in publishing his history without pseudonyms, but also fears for Douglass's safety.

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Twelve miles

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How far does Douglass' mother have to walk to see him at night?

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More cruelly

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Compared to other slaves, mixed-race slaves like Douglass are treated ___?

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Corn, wheat, and tobacco

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What crop(s) grow on Lloyd's plantations?

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Mr. Severe

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What is the name of the cruel overseer at Captain Anthony's farm?

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Singing

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Douglass says he began to understand the evils of slavery after hearing fellow slaves ___?

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Tar

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What does Colonel Lloyd put on the fence surrounding his garden to stop the slaves from eating the fruit?

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Stable

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Two slaves, a father and son both named "Barney," are in charge of running Colonel Lloyd's ___?

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His sons

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Which member(s) of Colonel Lloyd's family are often responsible for whipping slaves?

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Austin

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What is overseer Gore's first name?

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Demby

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What is the name of the slave murdered by overseer Gore for setting a bad example?

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Daniel

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What is the name of Colonel Lloyd's grandson, whom Douglass accompanies on hunting expeditions?

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Pair of trousers

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Before Douglass leaves for Baltimore, Lucretia Auld gives him his first ___?

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Freedom

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Compared with plantation slaves, slaves in the city of Baltimore have more ___?

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Teaching Douglass to read

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What does Hugh Auld demand that his wife, Sophia, stop doing?

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Hamilton

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Which family does Douglass witness mistreating their slaves Henrietta and Mary?

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Seven years

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How long does Douglass live in Hugh Auld's household?

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Bread

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What does Douglass trade with poor local boys in exchange for reading lessons?

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In a city newspaper

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Where does Douglass discover that the word "abolitionist" means "anti-slavery"?

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Abandoned

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When Douglass' grandmother got too old to work in the fields, she was ___?

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Philadelphia

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While sailing from Baltimore to the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Douglass pays special attention to ships heading to which city?

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1832

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When does Douglass take up residence at the home of Thomas Auld?

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One year

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When Thomas Auld rents Douglass to Edward Covey, how long is Douglass meant to stay?

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Awkwardness

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What offense does Covey cite as his reason for beating Douglass so frequently?

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Chesapeake Bay

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On what body of water does Douglass observe white-sailed ships passing by?

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Bill

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During Douglass' climactic fight with Covey, what is the name of the slave who refuses to help hold Douglass back?

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Drink

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What do the masters generally encourage slaves to do during their Christmas holiday?

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William Freeland

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Who does Douglass remember as the best master he ever had?

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Sandy Jenkins

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Who initially planned to join in Douglass' escape from Freeland's home, but decided to stay behind at the last minute?

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Free black carpenters

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When Douglass is working at Gardner's shipyard, white carpenters strike in protest of which group?

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A pirate

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When Hugh Auld compels Douglass to hand over his wages from the shipyard every week, Douglass compares Auld to ___?

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Keeping other slaves safe

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Which of the following does Douglass cite as a reason for not divulging the exact details of his escape?

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September 3, 1838

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On what day did Douglass finally escape to New York?

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David Ruggles

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Who is the first person to take Douglass in and help him in New York?

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The Liberator

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What is the name of the magazine to which Douglass subscribes after three years in New Bedford?

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Nantucket

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Where is the anti-slavery convention where Douglass first speaks publicly about his experience as a slave?

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At birth

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When does Frederick Douglass become a slave?

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Baltimore

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In what city does Douglass live most of his life before escaping to the North?

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Ship caulking

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After many years as a slave, what trade is Douglass assigned to learn?

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He doesn't say

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How does Douglass ultimately make his escape to the North?

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New York

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What state does Douglass first escape to?

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Captain Anthony

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Who is most likely Frederick Douglass' father?

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William Lloyd Garrison

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Who is the founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society?

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Grandmother

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Betsy Bailey is Frederick Douglass' ___?

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"Breaking" slaves

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What is Edward Covey notorious for?

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Anna

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What is the first name of the woman Douglass that marries?

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Narrator and protagonist

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In this book, Frederick Douglass is both ___ and ___?

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Unnatural

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Because Sophia is a woman, 19th-century readers would have seen her transformation from kind mistress to cruel slave owner as ___?

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Sophia Auld

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Which character is meant to symbolize the corrupting influence of slavery?

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Edward Covey

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Who is Douglass' nemesis?

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Teaching himself to read

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Which of the following is an example of Frederick Douglass' resourcefulness? Teaching himself to read Seeing Aunt Hester beaten Fighting Covey Joining the abolitionist cause

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Knowledge

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Which of the following does Douglass credit as his path to freedom?

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Thomas Auld

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The theme of slave ownership as a corruption of Christianity is embodied by which character?

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Sandy Jenkins

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Which character represents the ignorance and superstitious nature of many slaves?

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Freedom

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The white-sailed ships Douglass sees moving up the Chesapeake Bay represent ___?

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The Columbian Orator

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What document did Douglass read at age 12 that greatly influenced his philosophy and later writings?

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Speak

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William Lloyd Garrison recruited Douglass to the abolitionist cause after seeing Douglass ___?

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Massachusetts

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In his letter, which state does Wendell Phillips urge to declare itself an asylum for fugitive slaves?

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Africa

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To demonstrate the universally destructive effects of slavery, Garrison's preface refers to a white man who was enslaved in ___?

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Abolitionists

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Wendell Phillips' letter explains that prior to published accounts from men like Douglass, the narrative of slavery was controlled by ___?

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The Declaration of Independence

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Phillips' letter compares Douglass, who risked his life publishing under his real name, to the co-signers of which historical document?

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