American Literature Test Questions

1. The Declaration of Independence Inherent was changed to certain, so that not all rights would be in there but just certain ones. Unremitting is now repeated, a constant behavior is not the same as repeated. Repeated is more mild. They also took out some of Jefferson's own personal feelings such as "Future ages will scarcely believe that the hardiness of one man adventured, within the short compass of twelve years only...". Without Jefferson's personal take …

…speaks of the Republic, who is 76 years old, as still young like a child. He talks about equality of slaves in the eyes of God. He used this piece to show the whites how the blacks felt, thought and what was taken from them physically and emotionally. Douglas hopes to abolish slavery. He writes of how this is the blacks land too and how they value freedom and society the same as the whites do.