Frederick Douglass Chapter 8

In chapter eight, Douglass’s old master Captain Anthony died. Douglass is then sent for. What was the purpose?

• To be counted with all of the other possessions of the captain

• To be mated to a new slave and used for breeding

• To be hired out for field work

• To be whipped for insubordination

One of the greatest tragedies of slavery, according to Douglass, was what was done to his grandmother after Captain Anthony’s death and after she had served him faithfully for thirty years. What happened to her?

• She was beaten to death by her new masters.

• She was turned out into the forest to live (or die) on her own.

• She was sold to a notoriously cruel master in the south.

• She was starved to death by Anthony’s daughter.

Mr. Thomas Auld then becomes Douglass' next master in chapter nine. Auld is the worst kind of slave owner because he does what?

• Regularly beats his slaves

• Does not provide his slaves with adequate housing from the cold

• Does not provide adequate food

• Works the slaves past sundown and at Christmas

Douglass is then sent to Ed Covey, a poor farmer famous for what?

• A reputation as a slave breaker

• A reputation for drink

• A reputation for sleeping with his slaves

• A reputation for being kind to his slaves

After Master Andrew dies, what does Douglass say?

• That the funeral was a great social affair

• That he was going to stay in Baltimore

• That now all the property of his former master is in the hands of strangers

• He and other slaves were driven off with stick and stones

Where does Douglass live after Baltimore?

• In St. Michael's

• In Charlotte

• In the Great House Farm

• In HIllsborough

When his new master attends a Methodist camp-meeting, What effect does Douglass say this had on him

• it made him more cruel and hateful in all his ways

• it would, at any rate, make him more humane and kind

• we seldom called him "Master"

• He commanded without firmness

How long did Douglass live in Master Hugh's house?

• 2 years

• 5 years

• 7 years

• 10 years

Where did Douglass learn to write?

• With mistress Lucretia

• In the Sabbath school

• In a shipyard

• In the streets

Why did Douglass let Captain Auld's horse get away from him?

• Because he was a careless slave

• Because he was weak for lack of food

• Because he was trying to escape

• To get something to eat at another farmhouse