Question

What leads to Douglass’ final decision regarding whether or not to escape? (THE NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS: EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER 11)
A) His master gives up trying to take money from him, so he uses this opportunity to escape.
B) When he begins working in Baltimore, he makes friends that help him travel to freedom.
C) His master lets him work by himself, which enables him to easily escape to freedom without his master noticing.
D) Douglass is late in paying his master, so his master decides not to let him work independently anymore.

Answer 1

B. After a failed attempt to escape in 1836, Douglass was jailed. His master sent him to Baltimore and he was hired out to work in the shipyards. While Douglass was working in Baltimore, he fell in love with a free woman which is what motivated his 2nd and successful escape attempt. Douglass escaped under the guise of being a sailor. He borrowed another sailor’s protection pass, which could be presented in lieu of “free papers” and used it to board a train bound for New York. He met up with his wife-to-be, Anna Murray, and they were married two weeks later on Sept 15, 1838.

Answer 2

His master gives up trying to take money from him, so he uses this opportunity to escape.

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