FD quiz

In Baltimore what were the differences between the slaves that Diyglas noticed?

A city slave is almost considered a free man compared to a plantation slave. City slaves were fed better, clothed better, and had enjoyable privileges. Plantation slaves were not even aware of such things. Plantation slaveholders want slaves and others to view them as cruel. City slave holders want to known for feeding their slaves well.

Bredfords appearance

Disappointing to Douglass. There weren't many luxuries or comforts for slaves . No sad songs everyone knew their job Everything looked clean new and beautiful people looked more healthy happier Very little poverty stricken areas

How did Douglass experience as a child differ from the adult slaves that's worked on the plantation?

He had a lot of leisure time

Why is Douglass troubles by not knowing his age? What does this say anout the relationship between slave owners and slaves?

•Douglass is triubled by not knowing his because all the white kids around hum were able to state their birthday. He had a strong desire to know mire about himself. He felt that he should not have been deprives of this info. •This shoes that the masters wanted to keep their slaves ignorant and disconnected from all traces of themselves and their background.

How are women portrayed? Why does he potray them this way? Use examples

•not as full characters, but as vivid images—specifically, images of abused bodies. •They are often mentally and physically troubled by men. •Mary, and Henny, for example, appear only in scenes that demonstrate their masters' abuse of them. •meant to incite pain and outrage in the reader and point to the unnaturalness of the institution of slavery.

How then was slavery detrimental to the Slave owners who claimed to profit from it?

•slave owners having mixed children have to watch them get beat by their siblings to satisfy wife The corrupt and irresponsible power that slave owners enjoy over their slaves has a detrimental effect on the slave owners' own moral health. With this Sophia Aud personality changed when she gained power over Douglass Rape adultery with slaves as example