On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
But slaveholders never encourage that kind of communication, with the slaves, by which they might learn to measure the depths of his knowledge.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “But slaveholders never encourage that kind of communication, with the slaves, by which they might learn to measure the…”
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In his autobiography, Douglass explains how slaveholders deliberately suppress communication that would reveal the true understanding and knowledge of enslaved people.
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