Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass was born in...

• Florida

• Africa

• Maryland

• New York

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How long did Douglass "live in Master Hugh's family?"

• six months

• seven years

• Ten years

• three weeks

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Who started to teach Douglass to read?

• The Mistress

• His mother

• Master Hugh

• His uncle

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How did Douglass persuade the white children to continue teaching him to read?

• He threatened them

• He paid them money

• He gave them food

• He did their chores

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How did Douglass escape slavery?

• He stole a horse and rode away

• He dressed as a sailor and used fake papers

• He bought his freedom with money he had earned

• His master died so he was free

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How did Douglass feel about freedom when he learned about it?

• He became obsessed by it. It was all he could think of.

• He didn't care about it because he thought it would never happen.

• He became angry and violent towards the slave owners

• He was happy he wasn't free

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Where did Douglass move to when he escaped slavery?

• Maryland

• New York

• Philadelphia

• Canada

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What did Douglass do with his life when he was free?

• He fought to end slavery

• He became a cook

• He got married and led a happy life

• He joined the army

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What did Frederick Douglass believe?

• in Santa Claus

• The slave owners should be punished for the way they treated slaves

• Everyone should be free and treated fairly

• Slaves should use violence to escape from slavery

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What is one way the autobiography and biography were similar? What is one way they were different?

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