"a learned person, especially a distinguished scientist"

I think that this shows that religion was a big part of African American culture because they believed that God freed them from slavery

I will never understand why blacks were looked at as such a big threat to the white community. The entire situation is just sad.

During this time slaves were supposed to be free, but were they really free? No because they were still being tortured.

they knew that killing slaves was not a good idea because it would decrease their profits made from them

this is saying how different African American songs were compared to other races and their songs

Another negro spiritual that I've heard in a movie about segregation

I have heard this song several times in movies that were supposed to enact slavery and segregation back in the day.

This particular sentence reminds me of how it is at church when a powerful and meaningful song is sung.

This is my favorite slave song because I learned it in elementary school and it has just stuck to me since then.

It sounds like she wants to do something about what's going on so bad but she can't because she is trapped sewing.

It sounds like she doesn't like the task that she has.

Sounds like the beginning of Spring

She was beaten so badly, like an adult at such a young age.

I agree with this statement and I also believe that this still represents the wrong-doings in the world today.

This was a very strong message. I've never even looked at who's to blame in this perspective, and she makes a very great point.

I think that the way she started this story off made her narrative more interesting to want to read. How could you be a slave and not know it for 6 years?

This was something very different compared to other readings that we have read. Slave owners were known for not wanting their slaves to be smart, so the fact that the mistress taught her to read and write showed that she in some what favored and it also showed that their relationship was good.

Knowing that he could read and write shows that he was an advanced slave because most slaves couldn't read or write.

Basically, I think he is saying how could he worship the same God that all of his masters have worshiped when God has allowed them to treat them the way that they do.

There was something special about this girl considering the fact that they were arguing over who she should belong to.

Her referring to the maid as "impudent" sounds like she thought of her as someone with a cocky demeanor about herself.

Here it sounds like Delany has given up on religion at this point. While he believes in his religion, I think he feels like why keep putting his faith and trust in his religion when bad things just keep happening to him?

This is just cruel and unnecessary. I can't even imagine being treated as such. I believe this is another representation of why he hated slavery so much.

This sentence shows that Frederick Douglass was completely against slavery and he was disgusted with the idea of it even being tolerated.

Q1: Frederick Douglass wrote his own narrative which shows up that he knew how to write and read, which is what slaves weren't expected to know how to do.

I believe this is a very strong, patriotic sentence in this poem. It's very descriptive and shows how deep their passion was.

I believe that this line in the poem represents liberty and patriotism.

I believe this line in the poem represents patriotism since he brags about the "land of liberty" and what America is to him.

I love this part of her speech, where she is fighting for women's rights and comparing and expressing her equality to men. I think her statements were very strong and I believe that she made a very huge impact on women after this speech that she gave.

I think that this was a great fun fact. I never knew this and also to have the opportunity to counsel a president of the United States just goes to show how smart she was.

Q2: I believe that even though Sojourner Truth couldn't read or write she was still very smart and knew exactly what she wanted to do with the movements she strives for. This was a good advantage because most African American slaves were not expected to be smart at all. Also, of course she was much smarter than others slaves and was confident in achieving what it was that she wanted to do. The only disadvantage that I can think of with this situation is slave masters didn't want slaves to be educated, and even though it didn't put her in bad situations because she was more educated than expected, it could have.

What is the meaning for this phrase?

I had to read this about 5 times to sort of get an understanding but I think that he is basically saying that the Christian men taught them that no sin is greater than the other and no person is too great to where they can't commit a sin. Anybody can sin, no matter how Christian you are when influenced or involved with the wrong people or the wrong activities.

To me, this was interesting to read because I've never thought that anybody has ever taken a slave's thoughts or feelings into consideration about anything other than another slave.

I understand what he is talking about when he talks about African Americans allowing white people to be their "masters" when God should be our one and only, but what I don't get is what were African Americans suppose to do? They were forced to serve these people and they only did it to survive. Should they just have let them kill them all because of their refusal to work?

I think that it's very sad that African Americans EXPECTED to be treated in this kind of manner. That just goes to show how bad they were really treated back in the day and even today, just not as bad.

I believe this sentence was very strong and gave a vivid description of how people have always treated colored people.

This sounds like things that we partake in at organizations in church, such as vacation bible school.

Does he mean African "minister of music"?

At church, we have a bunch of these books in the choir room.

Are "books" referring to the hymns?

I found this fact to be very interesting.

The first religion that came to mind when I read these terms was Christianity.

Another great simile was used here.

What is an Ethiop?

I love this particular line in the poem. It makes me think strongly about my religion and my relationship with Jesus.

The name Saint Nicholas reminds me of Santa Claus. I never ran across this name used for anything else so it's interesting to me to see this.

Sounds like Haitian

Did they take Samuel Allen's body to Canada because earlier they mentioned that he was dead? I did notice that they mentioned "young" Samuel Allen though so could this be a story shift or something? I'm very confused.

What does this word mean?

This word gives off the impression that the men were thought highly of.

White people has always been a very common race, so the fact that he has never heard of white men before is something new for me to understand. I also thought that it was very crazy that he had never heard of the sea!

It sounds like his father was a well respected person.

I believe that today adultery is committed 10 times more than it was back in the day. I don't believe that people really take it serious anymore.

This part was confusing to me as well. His mother acted as if she didn't just hand him off to a stranger a year ago.

This part kind of confused me. The whole time I was thinking that the mother was traveling finding shelter for herself and her kids; I didn't think that she was going to drop him off to a complete stranger and leave him there.

This line reminds me of the John Marrant reading when he talks about God protecting him and his family from the noxious animals.

Reading this a second time makes me wonder if $10 was considered a lot of money back in this time?

I liked the simile that was used to compare the shouting and hallowing to devils. It put emphasis on the sentence making it easier to visualize.

Even though we all know what he is saying, some of his spelling and punctuation marks were off. I think that this indicates he received some education in his lifetime but not much. For example, "chusing" and "kill'd"

While everyone else has accepted God into their lives, the king is blackmailing the boy by threatening to kill him if HE does not make his daughter and the sick well instead of asking God to heal them. Why won't he just turn to God himself when the boy has told him several times that God is the reason for everything?

I think that this is a contradiction to his religion. If he is a Christian then wouldn't killing deer be a sin?

This is significant to me considering the fact that a few pages back he was asking God for a wild beast to come along so he could die and be where God was. Now he is thanking God for taming the wild beasts and making them friendly to him. I am kind of confused by this but I also realize that people do improve from bad experiences and thoughts with the help of God.