Author Question: How does the humorous story related in the Voices excerpt titled Frederick Douglass Describes an ... (Read 119 times)

folubunmi · **on:** Aug 9, 2018

How does the humorous story related in the Voices excerpt titled Frederick Douglass Describes an Awkward Situation reveal the central problems confronting abolitionist lecturers in the 1830s and 1840s?

A) Lecturers confronted racist assumptions about segregation and black people.
B) Lecturers dealt with angry free black populations who wanted them to leave.
C) Lecturers adjusted to the abundance of followers who swarmed them everywhere.
D) Lecturers endured state militia attacks on their hotels and meeting houses.

Question 2

What was the relationship between free black population numbers and free black community institutions in northern cities during the antebellum era?

A) As free black population numbers declined, community institutions declined.
B) As free black population numbers declined, community institutions increased.
C) As free black population numbers increased, community institutions increased.
D) As free black population numbers increased, community institutions decreased.