1. Historians, when analyzing black history, often focus on the psychological effects of slavery and racism on
    black people, but what does the narrative of Frederick Douglass reveal about the negative psychological
    effects of absolute power on the white slave master, give analysis with examples on his shocking
    observations?
  2. Frederick Douglass notes his mental evolution of going from a boy to a slave and then from a slave to a
    man. By using examples give analysis to his process of becoming enslaved and then finding freedom, noting
    specifically when he became free?
  3. As a house slave Douglass and his aunt were treated very differently. Describe the gendered difference in
    the master-slave relationship Frederick Douglass’ aunt had with the master as an attractive female house
    slave, and that of Frederick Douglass and his mistress when he moved to the city. What are the similarities and
    what are the major differences and what does that tell us about the unique trauma enslaved women had to
    endure?
  4. What are four incidents, ideas, or things about this narrative that shocked you emotionally and why?
  5. Why does Frederick Douglass withhold the names of the slave masters and the white people that abused
    him despite writing this narrative as a free man and what does that say about the emotional power of fear is it
    perhaps reminiscent of post-traumatic stress syndrome?

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