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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?

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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?

  • Enslaved people were regularly whipped severely and not clothed
  • Slave owners did not want to be known as cruel by their neighbors
  • Enslaved people generally had enough food to eat
  • Young enslaved children were forced to do farm labor
  • In the city
  • On plantations