Use this study guide to prepare for our Frederick Douglass assessment.
Date: _____________________.
What are some significant places in Frederick Douglass’ travels?
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Maryland-the state where he was born &where he worked for a shipbuilder
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New York-where he lived as a young adult when he escaped slavery & also where he
lived as an adult when he wrote the North Star
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Great Britain– he moved here when he feared the slave catchers in NY; he could live
as a free man here
What did Douglass do in his lifetime to help others gain freedoms and rights?
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He was an abolitionist and fought against slavery. He wrote & delivered speeches against slavery.
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He met with President Abraham Lincoln to discuss improving conditions for African Americans and ending prejudice in the U.S.
What obstacles did Douglass face? How did he overcome them?
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As a child, he couldn’t read. He would give bread to the poor white boys in the neighborhood
if they would teach him what they learned in school. He would also read the Aulds’ son’s school
books when they were not home. He was determined to learn to read.
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As a young boy and adult, he was a slave. He escaped by dressing as a sailor & boarding a
train. He also moved to Great Britain because of his fear of the slave catchers in NY. He then
moved back to NY after his friends paid Mr. Auld for his freedom. He wrote a newspaper called
the North Star to share how he overcame slavery.
What are character traits that Douglass demonstrated in his life?
-Liberty-means freedom
-Freedom of Conscience and Expression-means to think what you would
 Douglass worked for his own freedom & for freedom of all African like & share your views with others
Americans. He gave speeches,
 Douglass shared his thoughts
wrote the North Star, and met
through the newspaper, The
with President Lincoln to help imNorth Star, that he wrote in NY.
prove conditions for African
Americans.
-Justice- means fair treatment under
a system of laws
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Douglass spoke out against laws
that took away civil rights from
African Americans & even women
(when he helped with women’s
rights).