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1
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Where was douglass born

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maryland

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who were his parents

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harriet bailey

Captain Anthony - presumed

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about his birth

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unknown

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4
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1824

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Harriet Bailey dies

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5
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what did his mother do

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walk 12 miles to see him

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6
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how many times had he seen his mother

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4 or 5

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first master

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captain anthony

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8
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when with captain anthony

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1817 to 1825

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9
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what was cap anthony’s plantation called

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great house farm

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10
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where does he go in 1825

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hugh auld in baltimore

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what happens at first in baltimore

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wife sophia tries to teach him to read but hugh stops it

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1828

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assessed as property at Captain Anthony’s death
fell to Mrs. Lucretia
sent back to Baltimore

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13
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how did he feel about going back to baltimore

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blessed by God

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1829

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reads The Columbian Orator which gives him arguments against slavery
told to run away
begins to plan

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1832

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Lucretia dies
Thomas Auld remarries
has words with Hugh
takes Douglass to his house in St. Michaels

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about thomas auld

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bad master
starves slaves
religious

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1833

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sent to Edward Covey’s to be broken

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at Covey’s

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he is broken by his deviousness and cruelty

19
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what happens at covey’s first

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he collapses in the field and goes to thomas auld for help but it is denied

20
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other event at covey’s

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gets into a fight with him and wins, never to be beaten by him again

21
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His conclusion after coveys

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Resolved to be free

22
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1834

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Sent to live with William free land

23
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Freeland

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kinder master

fed him, gave him tools and time

24
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what happened with freeland

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had a sabbath reading school which got broken up by christians

25
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1835

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  • Rehired by Freeland
  • A plot to escape with others was discovered
  • T. Auld sends him back to Baltimore to H. Auld again (reason unknown)
  • Learns to calk and pays Auld much weekly; this unfairness galls him
26
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1838

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  • On 9-3 he escapes to New York and is helped David Riggles
  • Wed 15: Anna Murray
  • Johnson in New Bedford changes name
27
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1839

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reads liberator

28
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about liberator

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  • Its exposure of slavery’s evils thrilled him

* “My soul was set all on fire.”

29
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1841

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Becomes more public
•He attends an anti-slavery convention in Nantucket
•He is urged by William Coffin to speak up, and he does so

30
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1845

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  • States he is not against Christianity per se

* This book is published during this year

31
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other publications

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  • 1847: Works with “North Star”, newspaper against slavery
  • 1855: My Bondage and My Freedom
  • 1881: The Life and Times of F. D.
  • 1894: Speech at The World’s Fair
32
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1895

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Death
•Attends a women’s rights meeting on 2-20
•Dies after a stroke or heart attack that evening

33
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themes

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The evils of slavery
The power of education
The techniques of supremacy
The power of determination
The blessings of freedom
The hypocrisy of some Christians
The blessing of true Christianity
The providence of God
34
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rhetorical devices

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ethos
pathos
logos
irony
sarcasm
contrast
Comparison
word plays
35
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ethos

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Ethos (credibility): a slave’s voice, doesn’t know facts, accuracy, escape

36
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pathos

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Pathos (emotions): aunt’s whipping, provisions, cold, “Trust no man!”

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logos

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Logos (logic): God give justice, no trials, paying master, life better

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irony

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Irony (expectation/reality): horses/people, ships/men, drunk/thinking

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sarcasm

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Sarcasm (mocking): reputation, Christians break up school, parody

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contrast

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Contrast: slaves’ songs/answers, grandmother, broken-pumped, work

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comparison

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Comparison: slaves like politicians, bread of knowledge, P. Henry

42
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word plays

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Word plays: slave-man, slave in form but not fact, free land & Freeland

43
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1818

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douglass born

separated from mother almost immediately

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