Dept. of Word Lists

Close Out Black History Month with a Dose of Douglass

Frederick Douglass wrote with fire in his pen, harnessing the specific and powerful language of his day to decry the abomination of slavery in his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Learn his words in the sentences in which he used them and feel closer to this great man. 

Vocabulary from Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Chapters 1-4, Chapters 5-8, Chapters 9-10, Chapter 11 and Appendix. (Etext found here.)

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