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The governor of Boston considers taking Pearl away from Hester.

Harriet Jacobs hides in an attic to avoid harassment by a sexual sadist, her owner’s father.

John Smith dies in slavery.

“Speech on the 4th of July” is a criticism of whites for celebrating freedom when so many people of African descent are not free.

One of the main ideas expressed in “Civil Disobedience” is that each individual is responsible for opposing government’s wrongdoing.

In “Civil Disobedience”,  the speaker states that there is nothing worth going to jail for.

Select one of the following to write a carefully edited, 200-400 word response.  Be sure to use plenty of evidence from the texts. 1) Contrast any two of the Harriets. 2) Write a conversation between Frederick Douglass and John Calhoun.

Harriet Tubman returned repeatedly to the area around her old plantation to escort groups of slaves to freedom.

Physiognomy refers to outward physical expression of personality traits.

When Hester throws the scarlet letter from her chest