Sample Response: Douglass wants you to see the extreme change Mrs. Auld went through. Once she had helped Douglass learn to read. Later, she changed her mind about his education and grew angry and cruel toward him. She forbid him from reading anything. Douglass' message is that slavery had negative effects on everyone who was involved with it. Which of these details did you include in your answer? Check any that apply.

Mrs. Auld changed her mind about teaching Douglass to read.
Mrs. Auld grew even more cruel than her husband.
Being a slaveholder destroyed what had been good in Mrs. Auld.
Slavery negatively affects everyone involved with it.