Week 12: The Age of
Romanticism
The Life and Times of
Frederick Douglass
Study Guide
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to the Week 12 Schedule)
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Frederick Douglass became
one of the most important of the northern Abolitionists, speaking and writing
unceasingly on behalf of the anti-slavery movement, drawing eloquently
and forcefully upon his own experiences as an escaped slave. His
history would become one of the most influential of more than 6,000 slave
narratives which would spur the emancipation of the Southern slaves.
Study Questions Over the Readings
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Frederick Douglass’s “Narrative of
the Life of Frederick Douglass”
1) Describe the mechanisms of repression
employed by Douglass’s white owners.
2) What was the turning point in Douglass’s
life as a slave?
Basic Concepts Related to the Readings
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Romantic
Individualism
The American
Abolitionist Movement
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