In Baltimore, I could, occasionally, get into a Sabbath school, among the free children, and receive lessons, with the rest; but, having already learned both to read and to write, I was more of a teacher than a pupil, even there.
Douglass reflects on his experience teaching in a Sabbath school, highlighting his advanced literacy compared to other students.
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It had no interest in recognizing or preserving any of the ties that bind families together or to their homes.
It was in the air, and men breathed it and were permeated by it, often when they were quite unconscious of its presence.
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