On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
She was an apt woman; and a little experience soon demonstrated, to her satisfaction, that education and slavery were incompatible with each other.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass reflects on his mistress's realization about the inherent conflict between teaching slaves to read and maintaining their enslavement.
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