On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
But to meet for the purpose of improving the mind and heart, by learning to read the sacred scriptures, was a nuisance to be instantly stopped.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “But to meet for the purpose of improving the mind and heart, by learning to read the sacred scriptures, was a nuisance…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass describes the hypocrisy of slaveholders who permitted degrading activities among slaves but violently suppressed efforts to learn to read the Bible.
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