On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
If the slaves learnt to read, they would learn something else, and something worse.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “If the slaves learnt to read, they would learn something else, and something worse.”
Editor's note · Context
In his autobiography, Douglass recounts the prevailing fear among slaveholders that literacy would lead to rebellion among the enslaved.
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