Frederick Douglass

What did Frederick do in order to learn to read?

• He signed up for "Hooked on Phonics"

• He asked the preacher to teach him

• He gave poor white boys from the neighborhood bread in exchange for teaching him to read

• He asked his master's wife to teach him

How did Frederick Douglas escape to freedom?

• He dressed as a sailor and rode a train to New York

• He paid a white man to pretend he was his owner.

• He crawled in a box and mailed himself to freedom.

• He rid in a wagon beneath potatoes.

After Frederick got his freedom he began to attend _________________ meetings.

• Lyons Club

• Abolitionist

• Weight Watchers

• Underground Railroad

An abolitionists was a person who wanted to:

• be a better cook

• end the sale of alcohol

• end slavery and make it illegal

• lose weight

Douglass began to become a famous speaker against slavery. Many people couldn't believe he had once been a slave so Douglass :

• Wrote a book about his life

• took those people to court

• fought the people who called him a liar

• Ask his owner to tell the people the truth

Frederick Douglass wrote a newspaper called:

• The Arkansas Democrat Gazette

• The North Star

• The Underground Railroad

• The Federalist Papers

Frederick Douglass also helped in the fight to get women the right to vote.

• True

• False

Frederick Douglass knew Abraham Lincoln.

• True

• False