Frederick Douglass

True or False: Frederick Douglass was born after the abolishment of slavery.

• False

• True

True or False: Frederick Douglass' father was white.

• False

• True

When Douglass' mother passed away, the six-year-old boy was sent to work in...

• Birmingham

• Savannah

• Richmond

• Baltimore

Douglass learned to read & write by...

• ...attending school in secret.

• ...school books that his master gave him.

• ...a combination of his master's wife and himself.

• He never learned to read or write.

How did Frederick Douglass become a free man?

• He was never freed.

• His master's wife set him free.

• Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation to end slavery.

• He escaped to Massachusetts.

True or False: After escaping to freedom, Douglass could never be captured and returned to his master and slavery.

• False

• True

True or False: Even though Douglass was in danger of being captured, he spoke out publicly against slavery and women's rights.

• False

• True

Check ALL that apply: Frederick Douglass...

• ...lobbied the president (Lincoln) to free slaves and allow black soldiers to join in the Civil War.

• ...started his own newspaper called "The North Star."

• ...wrote several autobiographies detailing the brutality of slavery.

• ...worked with other women's rights leaders to promote the women's suffrage movement.