Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (excerpt from chapter 1)

1) Read the text: pick up all the information about the author.
He was an American social reformer, orator, and writer. He
spent 20 years as a slave before he escaped. He became the
leader of the abolitionist movement, dedicated to ending the
institution of slavery. In the book he describes his life as a
salve
2) What other type of information do you get?
He was born in Tuckahoe, his mother died when he was seven
and his father is probably his master
3) Pick out all the information about slavery at the time
They didn’t know their age or their birthday. He was taken
away from his mother at a young age. They were hit by their
masters
4) How is the text built? Sum up each paragraph in a couple of words.
On va dans la chambre et après le killer va tous les tuer mais j'espere que il va pas tuer sid parce
que moi je lI'aime bien mais je suis sur quil va la tuer parce que'elle est pas dans le dernier film
enfin je crois mais je vais aller voir 2 sec
5) A justification: Douglass wrote his narrative to justify himself as many believed that a black
man who spoke intelligently could not possibly have been a slave: how does Douglass prove the
veracity of his story here?

6) Give examples of the different ways in which the narrator was denied an identity.
What was the point of such denial?

7) What are the other characters mentioned in this text? Imagine their vision of the story.