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1. 1.

   Write whether these statements are true or false.

   1. The old master's youngest son Richard dies after him.
   2. The writer travelled to Baltimore in order to be valued along with the rest of the master's property.
   3. The writer was between ten and eleven years old when his master died.
   4. The slaves feared becoming Andrew's property as he was a heartless man.
2. 2.

   Why was a valuation of the old master's property required?
3. 3.

   Why, according to the writer, was slavery detestable?
4. 4.

   Why were the animals and the humans considered to be in the same category?
5. 5.

   Why were the slaves anxious during the division of property?
6. 6.

   What were the brutalising effects of slavery upon both the salve and the slaveholder?