Analysis Essay Questions
1. Identify key images that came to represent oppression and freedom for Frederick Douglass during his captivity.
2. Contrast the manifestations of oppression that Frederick Douglass experienced during his slavery. Evaluation Essay Questions
3. What critical skills were most responsible for his success in the American abolitionist movement?
4. Why did Frederick Douglass break with William Lloyd Garrison, editor of The Liberator? Interpretation Essay Questions
5. What event might be considered the turning point in Douglass's experiences as a slave that led him finally to flee his bondage?
6. Why did Frederick Douglass once find his ability to read a "curse"?
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