What did former slaves want Americans to understand about the dangers of slavery to society at large, not just to those enslaved? As you learn how to critically handle slave narratives in Going to the Source, how did Frederick Douglass seek to establish his credibility for his memoir? What similarities and differences do you see in the brief samples in Going to the Source (Bibb, Northup, and Jacobs) and Douglass?

What did former slaves want Americans to understand about the dangers of slavery to society at large, not just to those enslaved? As you learn how to critically handle slave narratives in Going to the Source, how did Frederick Douglass seek to establish his credibility for his memoir? What similarities and differences do you see in the brief samples in Going to the Source (Bibb, Northup, and Jacobs) and Douglass?