On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
She aimed to keep me ignorant, and I resolved to know, although knowledge only increased my misery.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “She aimed to keep me ignorant, and I resolved to know, although knowledge only increased my misery.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass recounts his mistress's efforts to prevent him from learning to read and his own determination to acquire knowledge, despite the pain it brought him as a slave.
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