Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

( 1845 ) Commentary by L. Diane Barnes, Youngstown State University

Glossary

binding blades putting together stalks of corn leaves and other plants used in making fodder
brute animal
fan a machine for separating wheat and other grains from chaff, or material to be discarded
the hopper a funnel into which grains are placed for storage
meeting church services
salts medicine
saving-fodder time the end of the day, when slaves would gather up fodder, a mixture of corn leaves and other plants used for feeding livestock
striking off the half-bushel measurepushing away the wheat above the half-bushel line

Frederick Douglass (Library of Congress)

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