a halter about their neck a rope around their neck, or in danger of death.
a severe cross indeed a heavy burden.
aft toward the back of a boat.
Alexandrian Library the greatest library in the classical world, located in northern Egypt, on the Mediterranean Sea.
arraigned before a court charged with an offense in court.
ascertain to make certain.
blasphemy profane, a sacrilege.
blighting a scourge, devastation.
bow the forward end of a boat.
brethren brothers; fellow members.
calk (or caulk) to waterproof; to make watertight.
Charles Renox Remond (1810-1873) another black orator who toured with Douglass, giving anti-slavery speeches.
chattel belongings; property; slaves.
Columbian Orator a collection of classic speeches, dialogues, and plays edited by Caleb Bingham and published in 1797. Douglass patterned his own lectures after these classic speeches.
