Douglass learned to write by visiting Durgin and Bailey’s ship-yard. He saw ship carpenters writing on pieces of timber, labeling them. He then moved on to tricking the kids in town.

When making conclusions that are based on known pieces of evidence and facts as you read “The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”, this process is what we call LOGICAL APPEAL. This is when we conclude about something through the use of logical reasoning and evidence. Hope this helps.

Frederick Douglass wrote his autobiography mainly to persuade readers that slavery should be abolished. To achieve his purpose, he describes the physical realities that slaves endure and his responses to his life as a slave.

Reading gives Douglass access to a new world that opens before him, but the strongest effect of his literacy is the light it casts on the world he already knows. His anguish is so great that he “would at times feel that learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing” (p. 84).

Frederick Douglass learned to read through the initial kindness of Mrs. Auld, who taught him the alphabet and how to form short words. Using bread as payment, Douglass employed little white boys in the city streets to secretly continue his instruction and help him become truly literate.

In the autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, he explains how he learned how to read and write. In Chapter 7, Douglass writes that at first, his master’s wife decided to teach him the alphabet. However, she was persuaded of the incompatibility of slavery and education, and decided to stop.

Why does this story from The Columbian Orator bring hope and encouragement to the narrator? The enslaved person was able to argue his way to freedom. The enslaved person was able to argue his way to freedom. The slave owner helped the enslaved man to read.

What is Douglass’s most likely purpose for writing his autobiography? to inform readers about the life of a slave. Which is an example of a cause-and-effect relationship? Douglass gave bread to young boys and they helped him learn to read.

Answer: Douglass viewed Tubman’s work as a basic equal because he says, “Excepting John Brown — of sacred memory — I know of no one who has willingly encountered more perils and hardships to serve our enslaved people than you have.” This shows that Tubman’s work was of equal rank compared to that of John Brown.

In the case of Douglass’ narrative, the intended audience was white, intellectual Northerners, whose inaction was a byproduct of cognitive dissonance and whose own self-value would not be threatened by the rise of a black intellectual class.

Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker. He became a leader in the abolitionist movement, which sought to end the practice of slavery, before and during the Civil War. His work served as an inspiration to the civil rights movement of the 1960s and beyond.

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The slaves call Covey “the snake,” in part because he sneaks through the grass, but also because this nickname is a reference to Satan’s appearance in the form of a snake in the biblical book of Genesis. Douglass also presents Covey as a false Christian.

What does Covey do that makes the slaves feel that he is always present? A chariot that can pick a dead slave and take him/her to heaven.

Douglass recalls: “This battle with Mr. Covey was the turning-point in my career as a slave. It rekindled the few expiring embers of freedom, and revived within me a sense of my own manhood. It recalled the departed self-confidence, and inspired me again with a determination to be free.”

What does Douglass decide he will do in 1834? Cherish—to keep or take care of something or someone you hold dear 1.

Except Frederick who is sent back to his old master Mr. Hugh Auld in Baltimore for fear of him being killed. What happens to Frederick when he decides to fight against attackers? He is badly beaten with a large swollen eye and ends up running back to his master to tell him what happened.

What had Douglass believed about life in the North? Was he correct? What does he find out about life in the North? He believed it would be a poorer because they are without any slaves, he was quite wrong.

Why didn’t Douglass give all of the details of his escape? Douglass’s book was published before slavery was ended. If he’d given all the details of his escape, he would have given away important information about the Underground Railroad and put people in danger.

I think that he wanted to share his story with everyone to spread the reality of slavery and the abuses he had gone through, followed by his story and the way he turned his life around. He wants to raise awareness so people can have a better understanding of harsh slavery, but also tell his story.