LITERATURE QUESTIONS
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
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To impress the horrors of slavery on listeners
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To ease their pain
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To pray for deliverance
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To show that they were content in their work
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Detailed explanation-1: -As the Civil War progressed and emancipation seemed imminent, Douglass intensified the fight for equal citizenship. He argued that freedom would be empty if former slaves were not guaranteed the rights and protections of American citizens.
Detailed explanation-2: -In chapter two of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Douglass speaks of how many white people mistakenly view slave spirituals as happy songs. Douglass instead states that the songs represent the sorrows of slaves’ hearts and help them deal with their plights.
Detailed explanation-3: -He published three autobiographies, spent years writing and editing an influential abolitionist newspaper, broke barriers for African Americans in government service, served as an international spokesman and statesman, and helped combat racial prejudice during the Reconstruction Era.
Detailed explanation-4: -Douglass’s goals were to “abolish slavery in all its forms and aspects, promote the moral and intellectual improvement of the COLORED PEOPLE, and hasten the day of FREEDOM to the Three Millions of our enslaved fellow countrymen.” How else did Douglass promote freedom?