On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
It is perfectly sound; and, if slavery be right, Sabbath schools for teaching slaves to read the bible are wrong, and ought to be put down.
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Frederick Douglass
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Douglass uses a conditional argument to expose the logical inconsistency of those who claim slavery is right while opposing the education of enslaved people.
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