On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
The first step in the wrong direction was the violence done to nature and to conscience, in arresting the benevolence that would have enlightened my young mind.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The first step in the wrong direction was the violence done to nature and to conscience, in arresting the benevolence…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass describes the initial moral corruption of his mistress as she began to deny him education, highlighting the internal conflict it caused her.
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