Exercise: Avoiding plagiarism (Chicago) 2

Read the original source passage, which comes from the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, a website created by the National Park Service. Decide whether each of the items that follows cites the passage acceptably or whether the citation may be considered plagiarism if included in another writer’s work. If the citation is acceptable, click “OK.” If the citation is plagiarized, click “Unacceptable.”

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ORIGINAL SOURCE

Frederick Douglass was born into slavery on the eastern shore of Maryland in 1818, and was given the name Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey (Baly), after his mother Harriet Bailey. During the course of his remarkable life he escaped from slavery, became internationally renowned for his eloquence in the cause of liberty, and went on to serve the national government in several official capacities. Through his work he came into contact with many of the leaders of his times. His early work in the cause of freedom brought him into contact with a wide array of abolitionists and social reformers, including William Lloyd Garrison, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, John Brown, Gerrit Smith, and many others. As a Stationmaster on the Underground Railroad he directly helped hundreds on their way to freedom through his adopted home city of Rochester, NY.

Renowned for his eloquence, he lectured throughout the US and England on the brutality and immorality of slavery. As a publisher his North Star and Frederick Douglass’ Paper brought news of the anti-slavery movement to thousands. Forced to leave the country after John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry, he returned to become a staunch advocate of the Union cause. He helped recruit African American troops for the Union Army, and his personal relationship with Abraham Lincoln helped persuade the President to make emancipation a cause of the Civil War. Two of Douglass’ sons served in the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, which was made up entirely of African American volunteers. The storming of Fort Wagner by this regiment was dramatically portrayed in the film Glory. A painting of this event hangs in the front hall at Cedar Hill.

All of Douglass’ children were born of his marriage to Anna Murray. He met Murray, a free African American, in Baltimore while he was still held in slavery. They were married soon after his escape to freedom. After the death of his first wife, Douglass married his former secretary, Helen Pitts, of Rochester, NY. Douglass dismissed the controversy over his marriage to a white woman, saying that in his first marriage he had honored his mother’s race and in his second marriage, his father’s.

In 1872, Douglass moved to Washington, DC, where he initially served as publisher of the New National Era, which was intended to carry forward the work of elevating the position of African Americans in the post-Emancipation period. This enterprise was discontinued when the promised financial backing failed to materialize. In this period Douglass also served briefly as the president of the Freedmen’s National Bank, and subsequently in various national service positions, including US Marshall for the District of Columbia, and diplomatic positions in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

EXAMPLE

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Frederick Douglass was born a slave in Maryland.

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Frederick Douglass, who had become internationally famous for his eloquence in the cause of liberty during the Civil War, went on to serve the national government in several official capacities after the slaves had been emancipated.

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According to the online article “Life of Frederick Douglass,” Douglass escaped from slavery, became internationally renowned for his eloquence in the cause of abolition, and went on to serve the national government in several official capacities.1
According to the online article “Life of Frederick Douglass,” Douglass escaped from slavery, became internationally renowned for his eloquence in the cause of abolition, and went on to serve the national government in several official capacities.1

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According to the online article “Life of Frederick Douglass,” Douglass had a “personal relationship with Lincoln [that] helped persuade the President to make Emancipation a cause of the Civil War.”1
According to the online article “Life of Frederick Douglass,” Douglass had a “personal relationship with Lincoln [that] helped persuade the President to make Emancipation a cause of the Civil War.”1

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Thousands of readers got information about the abolitionist movement from two papers Douglass published, North Star and Frederick Douglass’ Paper, according to the “Life of Frederick Douglass” on the Web site of his National Historic Site.1
Thousands of readers got information about the abolitionist movement from two papers Douglass published, North Star and Frederick Douglass’ Paper, according to the “Life of Frederick Douglass” on the Web site of his National Historic Site.1

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Douglass worked tirelessly for the Union, recruiting African American soldiers to fight the Confederacy, and two of his sons took his work seriously enough to put their own lives on the line as volunteers with the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, the unit fictionalized in the movie Glory.
Douglass worked tirelessly for the Union, recruiting African American soldiers to fight the Confederacy, and two of his sons took his work seriously enough to put their own lives on the line as volunteers with the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, the unit fictionalized in the movie Glory.

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Frederick Douglass’s family was also involved in active resistance to slavery. “Two of Douglass’ sons served in the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, which was made up entirely of African American volunteers. The storming of Fort Wagner by this regiment was dramatically portrayed in the film Glory. A painting of this event hangs in the front hall at Cedar Hill.”
Frederick Douglass’s family was also involved in active resistance to slavery. “Two of Douglass’ sons served in the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, which was made up entirely of African American volunteers. The storming of Fort Wagner by this regiment was dramatically portrayed in the film Glory. A painting of this event hangs in the front hall at Cedar Hill.”

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Frederick Douglass met his first wife, Anna Murray, who was a free black woman, while he was still a slave in Baltimore, and they were wed shortly after he escaped from slavery.1
Frederick Douglass met his first wife, Anna Murray, who was a free black woman, while he was still a slave in Baltimore, and they were wed shortly after he escaped from slavery.1

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In answer to those who saw Douglass’s second marriage as controversial because of his new wife’s race, Douglass—the son of a slave woman and her white master—noted that “in his first marriage he had honored his mother’s race, and in his second marriage, his father’s.”1
In answer to those who saw Douglass’s second marriage as controversial because of his new wife’s race, Douglass—the son of a slave woman and her white master—noted that “in his first marriage he had honored his mother’s race, and in his second marriage, his father’s.”1

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After he became a widower, Douglass wed his erstwhile secretary, Helen Pitts, a native of Rochester. Douglass laughed off the consternation over his racially mixed marriage, observing that his first marriage had esteemed his matrilineal ethnic group, and his second marriage, his patrilineal.