Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Discussion Questions

1) What affect does religion have on the slaveholders? What affect does it have on Douglass and other slaves? What is to be made of this disparity?

2) Start here and address the questions at the bottom of the page: Revolution?

All of which leads to this question: would slaves have been justified in a violent revolution to end slavery?

Was the Civil War, which cost 620,000 lives (2% of the population) justified, either:

a) as a means of ending slavery or

b) as a means of the Confederate states achieves independence?

What are the conditions under which violent revolution is justified?

3) Should Civil War monuments honoring Confederate leaders be taken down, augmented, left alone?

4) What is the case for reparations? Do you agree with it? How might financial reparations be made in a manner that would help solve the massive economic disparity effecting descendents of American slaves? Or, if you are opposed to reparations, what solutions do you believe could help solve this massive economic disparity?