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                                               Frederick Douglass
                                                     Abolitionist
                                               Born  1818 - Died  1895

1.  Describe some of the hardships the slaves in America endured.

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2.  What is an "overseer"? ____________________________________________________

3.  How did Frederick learn to read ?

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4.  What effect did reading the book "The Columbian Orator" have on Douglass?

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5.  What is the meaning of the word "abolitionist"?

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6.  Why did Mr. Covey stop whipping Frederick?  ________________________________

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7. Why did he leave America after his book was published?

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8.  What was the Emancipation Proclamation?  _______________________________

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