How does the phrase painted nothing in line 18 affect the meaning of the poem?

What impact does the use of dashes have on the rhythmic structure of this poem? the dashes create imperfect rhyme that confuses the reader. the dashes create a slow rhythm that is pleasant for the reader. the dashes create a quick rhythm that confuses the reader the dashes create a heightened rhythm that excites the reader

How does douglass contrast his childhood on colonel lloyd’s plantation with this arrival on baltimore at the auld’s?

Why are danforth, hathorne, and the other authorities so resistant to believing the claim that abigail and the other girls are lying?