The Hypocrisy of American Slavery True or False
Back
1.
Who is Douglass quoting when he says, "I will not equivocate—I will not excuse"? -> William Lloyd Garrison
True
False
2.
"In a case like that, the dumb might eloquently speak, and the 'lame man leap as a ______.'" What might the lame man leap as? -> Jackrabbit
True
False
3.
"If I do forget, if I do not remember those bleeding children of sorrow this day, 'may my right hand forget her cunning, and may my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth!'" Who are the "bleeding children of sorrow"? -> Slaves in America
True
False
4.
"My subject, then, fellow citizens, is '_____.'" What is Douglass' subject? -> American Slavery
True
False
5.
"And let me warn you, that it is dangerous to copy the example of a nation (_____) whose crimes, towering up to heaven, were thrown down by the breath of the Almighty, burying that nation in irrecoverable ruin." Which nation is Douglass referring to? -> Babylon
True
False
Submit
Back
Cite This Page
×
Close
Cite This Source
Logging out…
Logging out...
You've been inactive for a while, logging you out in a few seconds...
W
hy's
T
his
F
unny?
CLOSE