Primary Sources: Excerpt from "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave"
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Read the passage Primary Sources: Excerpt from "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave." Then answer the questions below.
Read the passage Primary Sources: Excerpt from "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave." Then answer the questions below.
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What type of source is this?
What type of source is this?
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What does the source reveal about the system of slavery in the United States? Select two correct answers.
What does the source reveal about the system of slavery in the United States? Select two correct answers.
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Drag each item to the correct box. According to Douglass, which items reflect the lives of enslaved people in the city versus on plantations?
Drag each item to the correct box. According to Douglass, which items reflect the lives of enslaved people in the city versus on plantations?
- Enslaved people generally had enough food to eat
- Slave owners did not want to be known as cruel by their neighbors
- Enslaved people were regularly whipped severely and not clothed
- Young enslaved children were forced to do farm labor
- In the city
- On plantations