On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
He who proclaims it a religious duty to read the Bible denies me the right of learning to read the name of the God who made me.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “He who proclaims it a religious duty to read the Bible denies me the right of learning to read the name of the God who…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass points out the glaring contradiction of slaveholders who promote Bible reading as a religious duty while simultaneously denying enslaved people the right to literacy.
Share
More from Frederick Douglass
Jan 1, 1881
True it is that this faith was many times shaken by passing events, but never destroyed.
Jan 1, 1881
Land is not worth much where there are no people to occupy it, and a mule is not worth much where there is no one to drive him.
Jan 1, 1881
Lincoln was not only a great President, but a GREAT MAN--too great to be small in anything.