Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. How does the
Douglass.
How does the excerpt best support Douglass's purpose to
inform the reader about slavery?
In a very short time after I went to live at Baltimore, my old
master's youngest son, Richard, died; and in about three
years and six months after his death, my old master,
Captain Anthony, died, leaving only his son Andrew and
daughter Lucretia to share his estate. He died while on a visit
to see his daughter at Hillsborough. Cut off thus
unexpectedly, he left no will as to the disposal of his property.
It was therefore necessary to have a valuation of the
property, that it might be equally divided between Mrs.
Lucretia and Master Andrew. I was immediately sent for, to
be valued with the other property. Here again my feelings
rose up in detestation of slavery. I had now a new conception
of my degraded condition.
It compares and contrasts Mrs. Lucretia and Master
Andrew as slaveholders.
It contains a graphic description of the abuses that
enslaved persons endured.
It contains a persuasive argument that all human beings
are equal.
It shows how enslaved persons do not have control over
their fate because they are considered property.
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The narrator of the story is an Indian journalist in 19th century India—Kipling himself, in all but name. Whilst on a tour of some Indian native states he meets two scruffy adventurers, Daniel Dravot and Peachey Carnehan. Softened by their stories, he agrees to help them in a minor errand, but later he regrets this and informs the authorities about them—preventing them from blackmailing a minor rajah. A few months later the pair appear at his newspaper office in Lahore. They tell him of a plan they have hatched. They declare that after years of trying their hands at all manner of things, they have decided that "India is not big enough for them". They plan to go to Kafiristan and set themselves up as kings. Dravot will pass as a native and, armed with twenty Martini-Henry rifles, they plan to find a king or chief to help him defeat enemies. Once that is done, they will take over for themselves. They ask the narrator for the use of books, encyclopedias and maps of the area—as a favour, because they are fellow Freemasons, and because he spoiled their blackmail scheme. They also show him a contract they have drawn up between themselves which swears loyalty between the pair and total abstinence from women and alcohol.
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The narrator of the story is an Indian journalist in 19th century India—Kipling himself, in all but name. Whilst on a tour of some Indian native states he meets two scruffy adventurers, Daniel Dravot and Peachey Carnehan. Softened by their stories, he agrees to help them in a minor errand, but later he regrets this and informs the authorities about them—preventing them from blackmailing a minor rajah. A few months later the pair appear at his newspaper office in Lahore. They tell him of a plan they have hatched. They declare that after years of trying their hands at all manner of things, they have decided that "India is not big enough for them". They plan to go to Kafiristan and set themselves up as kings. Dravot will pass as a native and, armed with twenty Martini-Henry rifles, they plan to find a king or chief to help him defeat enemies. Once that is done, they will take over for themselves. They ask the narrator for the use of books, encyclopedias and maps of the area—as a favour, because they are fellow Freemasons, and because he spoiled their blackmail scheme. They also show him a contract they have drawn up between themselves which swears loyalty between the pair and total abstinence from women and alcohol.
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