Road to Freedom - Thoughts

Read page 77(middle paragraph) - page 79 (to you have seen how a man was made a slave....) and answer the following Questions. 1) Douglass admits that his master, Covey, " had succeeded in breaking him." What does that mean?

On the banks of the Chesapeake, Douglass watches the ships moving along the bay. What specifically do the ships remind Douglass of? What emotion do they evoke in Douglass?

On page 78, what are three differences that Douglass makes in his comparison between himself and the vessels?

On bottom of page 78, what does Douglass decide that he can do with God's help? List three parts of his plan?

Frederick Douglass tells us in this section of his narrative, "You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man." How do you think Douglass achieves this goal of becoming a man? Think about last week and his definition of a man in his speech? What will it take? What can and will Douglass do?

Resistance movements are ways to fight back against something? How do you think Douglass will fight back against slavery? How people in America, free or enslaved, black or white, fight back against slavery?

Douglass cries out to the same God for help that the slave owners use to justify their behavior. What are your thoughts on this irony....how can the same God both allow slavery to exist and still be a beacon of light for slaves?