All 6 Uses of
ascertain
in
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- The colonel, after ascertaining where the slave belonged, rode on; the man also went on about his business, not dreaming that he had been conversing with his master.†
Chpt 3
- The slaveholders have been known to send in spies among their slaves, to ascertain their views and feelings in regard to their condition.†
Chpt 3
- I therefore, though with great prudence, commenced early to ascertain their views and feelings in regard to their condition, and to imbue their minds with thoughts of freedom.†
Chpt 10 *
- We had been in jail scarcely twenty minutes, when a swarm of slave traders, and agents for slave traders, flocked into jail to look at us, and to ascertain if we were for sale.†
Chpt 10
- And after taunting us in various ways, they one by one went into an examination of us, with intent to ascertain our value.†
Chpt 10
- We were encouraged to do this by two excellent gentlemen, residents of New Bedford, whose names I afterward ascertained to be Joseph Ricketson and William C. Taber.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
find out, learn, or determine with certainty -- usually by making an effort