1. How do the life experiences of Jupiter Hammon and Frederick Douglass differ? How might these differences account for their opposing opinions concerning slave revolution?
2. Larry Gara asserts that the legend of the Underground Railroad overshadows the role that runaway slaves themselves played in winning their freedom. Do you think this is true of Louis Filler’s description of the Underground Railroad?
3. According to William F. Cheek, what motivated slaves to resist and rebel against their owners? What reasons does John B. Boles offer for slaves’ nonresistance"