Read: Douglas, Frederick. Narratives in the Life of Frederick Douglass,
An American Slave: Written by Himself, Chapter 10
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Literature/Douglass/Autobiography/10.html
1. Questions on Douglass
1. What role does Mr. Covey play in Douglass' life story?
2. What role do the ships in the Chesapeake Bay play in Douglass' life story? What
do they symbolize?
3. Why is literacy and education important for Douglass?
4. What things serve to dehumanize Douglass? What things restore his humanity?
5. Why does Douglass depict his fight with Covey as the turning point in his life?
6. Is Douglass right to fight Covey? Why or why not?
7. In what ways does Douglass say that slavery affected blacks and whites, men and
women? In what ways did slavery impede or hinder reconciliation?
8. Douglass describes the great divides and lack of reconciliation among Americans
in 1845. How much reconciliation is there today, 160 years after Douglass wrote?
9. How would Frederick Douglass answer the question: "What is the relationship
between reconciliation and justice?" How would you answer this question?