Frederick Douglass Group at eNotes http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/group The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the Frederick Douglass Group at eNotes. Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:36:06 en-us <![CDATA[Slave owners often considered the slaves to be their property and held...]]> http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/why-does-douglass-make-point-that-slaveholder-who-123279 http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/why-does-douglass-make-point-that-slaveholder-who-123279 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:36:06 PST <![CDATA[Why does Douglass make the point that a slaveholder who has fathered a...]]> http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/why-does-douglass-make-point-that-slaveholder-who-123279 http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/why-does-douglass-make-point-that-slaveholder-who-123279 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:25:58 PST <![CDATA[The primary justification towards religion that Douglass makes is with...]]> http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/how-does-fredrick-douglass-justify-his-attitude-122661 http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/how-does-fredrick-douglass-justify-his-attitude-122661 Wed, 9 Dec 2009 14:49:46 PST <![CDATA[How does Fredrick Douglass justify his attitude towards religion?  ]]> http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/how-does-fredrick-douglass-justify-his-attitude-122661 http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/how-does-fredrick-douglass-justify-his-attitude-122661 Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:04:03 PST <![CDATA[In terms of his narrative speaking to the predicament of slavery,...]]> http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/what-did-frederick-douglass-have-say-about-his-121971 http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/what-did-frederick-douglass-have-say-about-his-121971 Tue, 8 Dec 2009 08:57:15 PST <![CDATA[What did Frederick Douglass have to say about his escape from slavery?]]> http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/what-did-frederick-douglass-have-say-about-his-121971 http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/what-did-frederick-douglass-have-say-about-his-121971 Mon, 7 Dec 2009 11:02:45 PST <![CDATA[One of the overwhelming effects of slavery on Douglass' life was the...]]> http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/how-did-douglass-soul-change-after-he-escaped-119691 http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/how-did-douglass-soul-change-after-he-escaped-119691 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:48:12 PST <![CDATA[How did Douglass' soul change after he escaped?]]> http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/how-did-douglass-soul-change-after-he-escaped-119691 http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/how-did-douglass-soul-change-after-he-escaped-119691 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:35:04 PST <![CDATA[Irony is used here because really, teaching someone to read would be...]]> http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/how-irony-used-show-slaverys-dehumanizing-effect-118467 http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/how-irony-used-show-slaverys-dehumanizing-effect-118467 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:45:10 PST <![CDATA[How is irony used to show slavery's dehumanizing effect in the quote,...]]> http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/how-irony-used-show-slaverys-dehumanizing-effect-118467 http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/how-irony-used-show-slaverys-dehumanizing-effect-118467 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:39:50 PST <![CDATA[One of Douglass' critical points in the speech is the idea that America...]]> http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/frederick-douglasss-what-slave-fourth-july-what-118223 http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/frederick-douglasss-what-slave-fourth-july-what-118223 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:23:08 PST <![CDATA[So far as I can tell, Douglass never explicitly says "here is the effect...]]> http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/frederick-douglasss-what-slave-fourth-july-what-118223 http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/frederick-douglasss-what-slave-fourth-july-what-118223 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:21:12 PST <![CDATA[In Frederick Douglass's "What to the slave is the fourth of July?" what...]]> http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/frederick-douglasss-what-slave-fourth-july-what-118223 http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/frederick-douglasss-what-slave-fourth-july-what-118223 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:41:20 PST <![CDATA[Can you define "c skills" or point your readers to a link or two? I...]]> http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/which-c-skills-did-frederick-douglass-use-117007 http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/which-c-skills-did-frederick-douglass-use-117007 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:48:45 PST <![CDATA[Which c skills did Frederick Douglass use?  ]]> http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/which-c-skills-did-frederick-douglass-use-117007 http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/which-c-skills-did-frederick-douglass-use-117007 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:23:53 PST <![CDATA[How does Douglass's life in baltimore differ from that on the plantation?]]> http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/how-does-douglasss-life-baltimore-differ-from-that-113045 http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/how-does-douglasss-life-baltimore-differ-from-that-113045 Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:36:49 PST <![CDATA[Douglass, himself, is an extremely complex and divergent thinker.  I...]]> http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/what-details-about-life-writings-frederick-113015 http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/what-details-about-life-writings-frederick-113015 Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:32:16 PST <![CDATA[What details about the life and writings of Frederick Douglass, and...]]> http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/what-details-about-life-writings-frederick-113015 http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/what-details-about-life-writings-frederick-113015 Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:06:09 PST <![CDATA[I'm not trying to compare/contrast the plot etc, just the use of...]]> http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/compare-contrast-literary-elements-autobiographies-111403 http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/compare-contrast-literary-elements-autobiographies-111403 Sun, 1 Nov 2009 13:03:06 PST <![CDATA[One striking similarity between both is that they both represent the...]]> http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/compare-contrast-literary-elements-autobiographies-111403 http://www.enotes.com/frederick-douglass/q-and-a/compare-contrast-literary-elements-autobiographies-111403 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:13:06 PST